Horacio Castellanos Moya reflects on the 10-year silence of author Liliana Heker, who was stricken by an extreme case of writer’s block.
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Journalists worldwide are targeted or murdered for their work, but the offenders are rarely punished. CPJ is launching an impunity campaign to demand justice.
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Li Bifeng, a Chinese poet, is facing a twelve year sentence for economic crimes. Tienchi Martin-Liao wonders if this is retaliation for his criticism of China.
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Israel Centeno describes George Orwell’s difficulties finding a publisher for Animal Farm and how that bitterness led to the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
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On November 19, 2012, a march was held in Cairo to call for the reform of the Egyptian police. One of the protestors, Mohamed “Jica” Jaber, was killed.
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On November 19, 2012, a march was held in Cairo to call for the reform of the Egyptian police. One of the protestors, Mohamed “Jica” Jaber, was killed.
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City of Asylum/Pittsburgh visiting writer Vijay Nair discusses the absurdity he sees in the recent arrests of two Indian women for their comments on Facebook.
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This week: Bahraini activist Zanib Alkhawaja profiled, Julian Assange speaks to Democracy Now!, and impacts of government censorship on literary expression.
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The temporary removal of two historically significant statues in Addis Ababa has sparked outrage at the Ethiopian government’s continuous lack of transparency.
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Writer, photographer, and artist Nyi Pu Lay reminds us of the many wounds Burma has suffered and the long road to her full recovery.
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Sampsonia Way's companion guide to City of Asylum’s Exiled Voice of China and Tibet literary event, featuring standout pieces from its three year coverage of exiled and persecuted writers. READ
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