February 2012
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Pop Culture and the Third World: The Lady and the... →
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Michelle Yeoh stars in Luc Besson’s The Lady (2011) as Aung San Suu Kyi, the first woman in all of Asia to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Suu Kyi is amazing: She is a Burmese woman who started a life in England with her English husband. Suu Kyi returned to Burma to visit her dying mother,…
January 2012
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“Blasted into a wasteland,
behind an old torn photo
Father silently weeps
for...”
– Helle van Aardeberg, UNODA Poetry for Peace contest winner
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Haitian author Gary Victor wins Casa de las... →
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BBC News: Writers condemn violence against Mexico... →
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PEN Internacional expresa solidaridad con México →
El presidente de PEN Club Internacional, el escritor canadiense John Ralston Saul, dijo que una “histórica” delegación de la organización acudirá a México para mostrar su “solidaridad” con las decenas de periodistas asesinados en los últimos 12 años.
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Twitter’s country-specific censorship tool prompts... →
Twitter’s new tool would allow the company to selectively censor tweets based on country. The company claims such censoring would allow it to harmonize its service with countries with different laws towards free expression. It is an oft-cited reason for engaging with repressive regimes; that their laws and standards are different from others. But human rights trump these laws, especially...
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Clinton sidesteps dispute over French genocide... →
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“This was not a nightmare or a grueling two-year process; it was a process of...”
– Larry Siems, on writing his book The Torture Report.
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Required reading: company responses to accusations... →
Several articles detailed the sale of corporate technology to regimes in Syria, Libya, and other countries with repressive regimes. Here are the companies’ responses. They are very interesting, varying from pointing the finger, to shirking blame, to accepting responsibility and leaving the country altogether.
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“To avoid the appearance of improper influence, the White House may decline to...”
– White House “We the People Website”. This broad caveat would allow the White House to duck the Dodd petition. Let’s see what happens.
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International Privacy Day: Threats to Personal... →
This January 28marks International PrivacyDay. Different countriesaroundtheworld are celebrating this day with their own events.
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Did you know that UNESCO has a philosophy... →
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Literary Translation from Arabic into English in... →
An event on literary translation in London.
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HOLD THIS DATE – 11 February 2012: A Day to Defend... →
One Law for All is calling for a rally in defence of free expression and the right to criticise religion on 11 February 2012 in central London from 2-4pm.
We are also calling for simultaneous events and acts in defence of free expression on 11 February in countries world-wide.
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Fantastic article on Jaipur festival in India by... →
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International Mission to Bahrain Report says... →
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PEN Protesta! Writers to gather at Mexico City... →
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“Our intention was not to offend anyone’s religious sensibilities, but to give a...”
– Hari Kunzru
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Hari Kunru on his protest reading in honor of... →
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“We hold that the Government’s installation of a GPS device on a...”
– Justice Scalia, United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. __ (2012)
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News: CAMEROON – Writer Detained; Faces up to 50... →
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PEN Statement on Salman Rushdie’s Withdrawal from... →
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Oxfam Novib / PEN Awards celebrate journalists and... →
