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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Want to receive this digest in your inbox? To subscribe, simply click here and choose DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression from the list. Trump's anti-journalist rhetoric, now echoed… More
from The Palimpsests
Given my devotion to sex, I followed Hemingway to the white continent, where, due to the dearth of places in veterinary sciences, I enrolled in Antarctic philology studies. More
Forced Shutdown of News Outlets a Transparent Attempt to Control Pre-Election Conversation in Cambodia
Cambodia's efforts to shut down several news outlets represents a clear attempt to stifle a free press in advance of the country’s upcoming elections. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump lashes out at media during campaign-style rally in Phoenix; Washington Post's tracker for misleading statements by POTUS reaches the 1000-mark; theater director Kirill Serebrennikov under house arrest, and… More
She is Not Free: Liu Xia’s “Time to Mourn” Video Suggests Government Propaganda
Liu Xia’s recent “grant me time to mourn” video fits squarely within the pattern of Chinese propaganda videos in which individuals give coerced statements that promote the party narrative. More
Detention of Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov Part of Campaign to Stifle Artistic Freedom in Russia
The detention of Kirill Serebrennikov is part of a concerted campaign to silence dissenting voices in the arts in Russia, PEN America said in a statement today. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump revises vision for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan but doesn't provide details; Gawker lawsuit precedent concerns media and entertainment companies; Liu Xia appears in a rare video on Youtube,… More
The PEN Ten with Matthew Zapruder
It’s better to bring such things we might be inclined to censor out into the light and let their ugliness be revealed and argued against. The alternative seems fraught… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Counter-protesters drown out so-called 'free speech rally' in Boston, Trump skips Kennedy Center honors following boycott of reception by honorees, and thousands march in Hong Kong in support of… More
from The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
I’d figured that she was around my age, but it turned out that she was 12 years older, and married, too. In other words...I was having an affair. More
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