In our ongoing video series on our neighbors in Pittsburgh’s Northside, Sampsonia Way sat down with legendary jazz drummer Roger Humphries.
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Sri Lankan journalist Sonali Samarasinghe writes a second letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa after the details of her husband’s death remain a mystery.
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In a keynote address first presented at the Jaipur Literary Festival, Basharat Peer discusses his personal experiences with censorship in India.
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Sampsonia Way shares ten quotes on freedom of expression from Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei’s book Weiwei-isms.
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This week: a Somali rap group performs amid death threats, an Egyptian comedian is arrested, and Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez is greeted by protesters.
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Sri Lankan journalist Sonali Samarasinghe writes an open letter to President Mahinda Rajapakse after her husband was killed as a result of his reporting.
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This week: circumventing Internet censorship with Tor, Burmese newspapers going daily, and analyzing Chinese government’s censorship of Weibo posts.
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To celebrate Women’s History Month, Sampsonia Way presents a slideshow of some of the incredible women interviewed in the past year.
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This week: author Chinua Achebe on free speech in Nigeria, the graphic memoir Persepolis is banned in Chicago, and Ai Weiwei is the face of dissidence in China.
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This week: Azerbaijani authorities are quick to silence critics and Burma’s government has announced that daily newspapers will be free to publish on April 1.
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