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      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / June 1, 2013

      This week: the U.S. government’s attack on press freedom, calling out China on censorship, and Singapore to require news websites to be licensed.

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    • Ma Jian
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / May 4, 2013

      This week: Mexican Senate passes a bill against impunity, an interview with novelist Ma Jian, and Iran intensifying censorship before presidential election.

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    • Chinese director Feng Xiaogang on April 12 accepting his award for Best Director at the China Film Directors Guild. Photo: BeijingCream via Youtube.
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / April 27, 2013

      This week: thirteen journalists attacked in Cairo, an interview with Salman Rushdie, and a Chinese director calls out censorship policies at an award ceremony.

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    • Maziar Bahari
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / March 9, 2013

      This week: the arrests of journalists on the rise in Iran, the top 20 books some governments have tried to ban, and two reporters killed in Mexico.

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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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      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / February 16, 2013

      This week: account of an attack against journalist Lars Hedegaard, the Mexican cartel’s intimidation tactics, and a Chinese blogger’s grassroots revolution.

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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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    • The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China met last week barring many international news sites, and inciting many protests of their policy on Tibet. Photo: Remko Tanis
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / November 17, 2012

      This week: the CCP blocks news sites for the 18th Party Congress, Tibetan self-immolations continue in China, and an interview with poet/ activist Amiri Baraka.

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    • Rupa, center, performing at WFUV Radio. Left: drummer Aaron Kierbel, Right: upright bassist Safa Shokrai. Photo: WFUV, Creative Commons.
      Rupa & the April Fishes: Breaking the Boundaries of Music
      by Olivia Stransky / November 12, 2012

      Rupa Marya, singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Rupa & the April Fishes, talks to Sampsonia Way about non-English music in the United States, her work on the U.S.-Mexico border, and her dual life as a musician/doctor.

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    • Ai Weiwei
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / October 19, 2012

      This week, China holds Ai WeiWei’s passport, Taliban threats to Pakistan media, and the film adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children is released.

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