A demonstration against religious persecution of Coptic Christians turned fatal, and led to increased media censorship from Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.
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Amiri Baraka, the activist, writer, and a prominent figure of the Civil Right Movement gives us his take on Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Internet rights advocates in Italy celebrate the postponement of a gag law that would allow the Berlusconi government to actively censor the media and penalize journalists and publishers with fines and prison sentence.
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The Weekly Digest — a round-up of Sampsonia Way’s top stories — is your source for quality weekend reading.
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For his book Abhaya, James Mackay photographed former prisoners with the name of a current political prisoner written on their palm. More than 2,000 Burmese political prisoners — including monks, students, journalists, lawyers, MPs and over 300 members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition National League for Democracy — are incarcerated in horrendous conditions.
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“Today, let bones be smashed like the dreams of our youth” says Shihab, the protagonist of Magdy El Shafee’s graphic novel Metro. An English translation of the banned Egyptian graphic novel will be available in 2012.
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The South African periodical Chimurenga released a new issue designed to be a “time machine”, backdated to the week of May 18-24, 2008 during which several waves of xenophobic violence and protests spread across the country.
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While covering anti-austerity protests and strikes in Athens and other Greek cities, journalists have been attacked by police and, in some cases, the protesters themselves.
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Recently Reporters Without Borders posted a video interview with the comedian and blogger Zarganar, who was freed from Myitkyina prison on 12 October under a government amnesty.
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In this interview Raymund Ryan and Irish writer Dermot Bolger take us through the many phases of Dublin—through architecture, literature, politics, and history. Bolger tells the story of his youth in Ireland founding Raven Arts Press, his experiences with Irish censorship, and how in the 80s an eyesore became a haven for the arts.
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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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