Zone 9 bloggers were charged with terrorism on July 17. PEN American Center’s Deji Olukotun sheds light on the effects of these strictures, which are constraining free expression throughout Ethiopia.
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Yaghoub Yadali recounts the attacks last year at the Boston Marathon through his lens and he describes the intense emotions that gripped him during this time.
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From ordering a TV station to stop broadcasting a speech by an opposition leader to the imprisonment of Gezi Park protesters, and from the bombing of Kurdish peasants to the targeting of journalists, each day “it seems that PM Erdoğan’s government creates new material for Ripley’s Believe it or Not.”
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“Amid concerns of terrorist attacks, tight security welcomed the Olympic torch to Dagestan.” Cartoon by Alex Falco Chang (Cuba)
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In today’s cartoon, political cartoonist Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) takes a look at Ukraine’s controversial Law 3879, a law that, according to Reporters Without Borders, “drastically restricts freedom of information and other fundamental freedoms guaranteed by Ukraine’s constitution.”
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In today’s cartoon Payam Boromand (Iran) comments on the recent spate of terrorist related attacks in Russia ahead of the Winter Olympic games in Sochi.
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The week’s top news on freedom of expression, journalists in danger, artists in exile, and banned literature. Featured this week: Banned Books Week, PEN International passes resolution on Tibet, Chile investigates Pablo Neruda’s death, and jailed Pussy Riot member on hunger strike.
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In the quest to combat terrorism, Tienchi Martin-Liao questions whether governments in China and the U.S. are encroaching on freedom of speech online.
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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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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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