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    • Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez enters
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / February 23, 2013

      This week: Turkey labeled the ‘world’s biggest prison’ for media, defining freedom of speech in Egypt, a Cuban blogger embarks on a world tour.

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    • Letter of international support for PEN Protesta!
      An Interview with PEN Mexico President Jennifer Clement
      by Darah Patterson / February 8, 2013

      Sampsonia Way continues its series on writers who defend freedom of speech with our third featured writer, Jennifer Clement, president of PEN Mexico.

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    • Bolshoi Theatre, in Moscow, is home to the Bolshoi Ballet Troupe and part of Russia's contemporary arts scene. Photo: Kwong Yee Cheng
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / January 19, 2013

      This week: the case against Aaron Swartz, Somalia’s dangerous reputation for journalists, and Beijing’s propaganda workers to start microblogs.

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    • Journalists like Nighat Hunzai, above, face discrimination and violence for their gender in Pakistan. Photo: Internews Network. Creative Commons.
      Pakistan’s Fearless Women Journalists
      by Bina Shah / January 8, 2013

      In this week’s column, Karachi-based journalist Bina Shah discusses the dangers and discrimination that female journalists face in Pakistan.

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    • Under Chávez: Media harassed with online hacking, phone tapping and censorship
      Slideshow: Most-Read Articles of 2012
      by Sampsonia Way / January 2, 2013

      Our featured articles cover the work and experiences of writers from all over the world. Sampsonia Way looks back at the most read articles of 2012.

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    • Egypt December 4
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / December 8, 2012

      This week: free speech at U.S. universities, Internet regulations to be discussed at the ITU, and Iranian writers call for an end to book censorship.

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    • Speak Justice Now Campaign Poster
      To fight impunity, cycle of fear, silence must be broken
      by Sampsonia Way / December 6, 2012

      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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    • Bahraini Protester
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / November 3, 2012

      This week: legal bans on protestors in Bahrain; violent retribution against journalists in Somalia; and tensions in Greece between free press and privacy.

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    • A 2010 protest calling for the release of political prisoners in Ethiopia. Photo: Mira. Creative Commons.
      Letter to Kaliti Prison
      by Mesfin Negash / October 19, 2012

      Exiled journalist Mesfin Negash writes a letter to Kaliti, one of Ethiopia’s most notorious prisons, and asks if it can ever be redeemed.

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    • Tarik Gunersel
      A Cataclysmic Innovator: PEN Turkey President Tarik Günersel
      by Darah Patterson / October 15, 2012

      In the first edition of Sampsonia Way‘s interview series with free speech defenders, PEN Turkey president Tarik Günersel sat down with us to discuss Turkey, language, and the establishment of World Poetry Day.

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