For City of Asylum/Pittsburgh’s upcoming Exiled Voices of China Tibet event, Sampsonia Way has curated standout pieces from our coverage of exiled and persecuted writers.
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Tienchi Martin-Liao discusses the plight of the Tibetans at the hands of Chinese authority, self-immolators, and how the CCP holds the power to end this all.
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Sampsonia Way had a chance to interview writers from all over the world in 2012. These are the most watched videos that captured these wonderful experiences.
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On September 8th, 2012, City of Asylum/Pittsburgh hosted its 8th annual Jazz Poetry Concert at the New Hazlett Theater in Pittsburgh’s North Side. The concert featured highlight performances by Oliver Lake’s Steel Quartet with Meshell Ndegeocello.
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In this video interview Tibetan-Chinese writer, blogger, and activist Tsering Woeser discusses her history of harassment at the hands of the Chinese government, the current situation in Tibet, and what people can do to help. She also reads a short poem.
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Independent Chinese PEN Center Tienchi Martin-Liao profiles Tsering Woeser, an internationally renowned Tibetan poet and activist writer who reports on the situation in Tibet. Also commentary on the self-immolated monks whose stories Woeser shares in her blog.
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In this week’s Freedom of Speech Roundup news and analysis from Mexico, Syria, Tibet, Ireland, and the US. Also interviews with journalist Jose Antonio Vargas and Pankaja Thakur, an executive on the Censor Board of India.
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A look at countries with anti-terrorism laws where journalists and writers are in danger, or have been convicted of associating with alleged terrorist forces. These laws outline provisions for indefinite and undisclosed detainment of citizens without trial, including for publishing information on “terrorist” groups.
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Tsering Woeser, the award-winning Tibetan writer and blogger, has been barred from collecting the Prince Claus Award at the Dutch Embassy in Beijing and was issued a month-long house arrest order.
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Tsering Woeser comments on the popular but distorted perception of Tibet as a place of mystery and mysticism, a distortion, that according to Woeser, is not only made accidentally by popular culture but even deliberately through Chinese scholarship – compounded with the explicit political propaganda.
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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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