Slideshow: Most-Read Articles of 2012

• Censored books in Arizona

   

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  “If I were going to ban one of my essays from a public school, this would not be the one." -Writer Winona LaDuke

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• Book Smugglers in the US

   

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  “It is now the duty of our people to unite and struggle on behalf of all Americans to preserve the most essential of American values, Freedom of Speech. We must defy censorship.” - Latino writer Tony Diaz

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• The Cultural Intifada of Juliano Mer-Khamis

   

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  “Art, in our case, can combine, generate, and mobilize other aspects of resistance. All I care about is resistance. I’m not doing art for the sake of art. I think art can generate and motivate and combine and create a universal, liberated discourse. This is my concern.”- Israeli-Palistinian theater director Juliano Mer-Khamis

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• Under Chávez: Media harassed with online hacking, phone tapping and censorship

   

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  "The situation surrounding freedom of expression becomes more dramatic if one considers that the (Venezuelan) government is the country’s most powerful advertiser."- Venezuelan journalist Gregorio Salazar

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• Cartoonist in India Campaigns Against Corruption and Censorship

   

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  "I am democratic. I am patriotic. I have a twenty-four year life without any charges of corruption. I am only making cartoons. … I am talking about nationalism. I love my country. I am reacting [to the corruption] in my own way."- Aseem Trivedi

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• The Book Club: The Butterfly that Pollinates Burma's Future

   

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  "They were into the notion of truth. They were into humanitarianism. They were into philanthropy. They were youths whose thirst for knowledge in a hermit kingdom like Burma was manifested in their questions during my Saturday book club."- Khet Mar

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• Cybercensorship Wars

   

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  “In the past five or six years the Internet has been transformed from a freedom plaza to dictator’s best friend... The stakes are life and death for online activists and they deserve our support and protection.”- New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith (R)

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• The Lady Must Live Long for a Sound Democratic System

   

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  "The junta that ruled Burma from 1988 to 2010 has left no stone unturned in drawing up a political map that will secure their graceful exit, if not their perpetual lead in the country’s politics."- Ko Ko Thett

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• Shakespeare Must Die: Thai Authorities Ban Film Adaptation of Macbeth

   

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  “A low budget director must seize every opportunity to add production values. There was no way I could’ve afforded such epic images on my own steam. It was cool and it was free! The lord had provided and I could not refuse.”- Ing K

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• Venezuelan Political Cartoonist Rayma Faces Pro-Chávez Social Media Attack

   

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  "Black humor, if not the best company, is a sign; it shows that things are going wrong. Criticism always helps us understand the conditions in which we currently live." -Rayma Suprani

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• China: Shedding Light on Last Year's Protests and Arrests

   

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  "China is the world’s biggest prison for journalists, bloggers, and cyber dissidents.” -RSF (Reporters Without Borders)

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• Journalists Killed in Syria: The Media Reaction

   

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  "I saw a baby die today" - one of last reports from veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin, reportedly killed in #Syria

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• Global Anti-terrorism Laws Used to Repress Journalists and Writers

   

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  “I have been in some of these jails. I have friends and colleagues who have ‘disappeared’ into military gulags. I know the consequences of granting sweeping and unrestricted policing power to the armed forces of any nation.”- Chris Hedges

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In anticipation of the upcoming new year, Sampsonia Way looks back at the most read articles of 2012. This year’s featured articles cover the work and experiences of writers from all over the world including Burma, China, India, Thailand, and the United States.

Based on our readers’ preferences, it is time to revisit some of the most read articles from the past twelve months. Click on the image to go to the original article..