In the Weekly Freedom of Speech Roundup Sampsonia Way presents some of the week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. This week news from Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, and an essay by Ray Bradbury.
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The Obama administration is facing scrutiny for its role in the imprisonment of a Yemeni journalist who exposed how the United States was behind a 2009 bombing in Yemen that killed 14 women and 21 children. We speak to Mohamed Abdel Dayem of CPJ and investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill.
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Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman interviews acclaimed novelist Russell Banks, author of “Cloudsplitter,” “Affliction,” and “Lost Memory of Skin.” Banks, a former chairman of Cities of Refuge North America, invited City of Asylum Pittsburgh founders to join the US network.
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In this interview, Democracy Now correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous talks about the nature of reporting from Tahrir Square, the role his nationality plays in covering the uprisings, and how reporting in Cairo has changed over the course of the uprisings.
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As Egypt holds vote, Egyptian-American journalist, Mona Eltahawy, recounts her arrest for 12 hours by Egypt’s security forces on November 23 near Tahrir Square, during which time she was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted.
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Abdel Fattah was arrested last week after being accused of instigating clashes between military forces and Coptic Christians nearly a month ago at the state television building, Maspeero.
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Prominent Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah has been jailed on charges of inciting violence. Abdel Fattah spoke to Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous back in February.
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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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