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PEN America's #EmergingVoices fellowship application is LIVE and open nationwide. Are you an emerging writer with a story to tell? Apply: https://t.co/NSsf5Xya3O Follow updates @pen_ev.
Yesterday, #Bakur directors Çayan Demirel & Ertuğrul Mavioğlu were sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison for "making propaganda for a [terrorist] organization" by a court in #Turkey. https://t.co/QGneunrrvA #KeepFilmsOutOfCourt @OpenMediaOrg @P24Punto24 @sundanceorg @fifdh https://t.co/p2S87t8Xls
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