This week: a Cuban blogger discusses Yoani Sanchez’s impact and the tension between government and media boils over in Myanmar, Africa, and Sri lanka.
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PEN Turkey President and columnist Tarik Günersel presents several cases from Turkey of falsely imprisoned and targeted journalists and writers.
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Bina Shah discusses how the media’s inaccurate portrayal of Pakistan as a villainous country makes it easier for the drone attacks to continue.
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This week: an interview with Salman Rushdie, BBC censors a play on honor killings, and Chinese hackers attack the New York Times.
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This week: Burma dissolved the censorship board, musicians battle censors in Iran, and a Google executive visits North Korea.
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Prompted by actor Faran Tahir’s lecture on theater and dictatorships, Bina Shah argues that only the arts can free Pakistan from terrorism and intolerance.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao profiles Yuan Tengfei, a history professor who has become famous in China for his lectures criticizing the Chinese government.
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This week: Tibetan writer Tsering Woser talks about her detention, the censorship protest in China comes to a close, and the future of music in Mali.
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On December 6th several AP reporters were able to sneak into the house of Liu Xia for her first interview since she was placed under house arrest two years ago. Tienchi Martin-Liao on the true love story of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia.
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In this interview Bina Shah talks about the media representations of Pakistan, the impact of Malala Yousafzai, and the future of women in Pakistan.
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