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Artist At Risk Connection y organizaciones de DDHH demandan la liberación de Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara y Maykel Osorbo ante la sentencia condenatoria emitida por el tribunal. #FreeLuisMa #FreeMaykel @pen_int @PENamerica @PEN_LAC https://pencanada.ca/campaigns/day-of-the-imprisoned-writer-em-dial-writes-to-maykel-osorbo/
"We have a joke in Zimbabwe: There is freedom of expression, but there is no freedom after expression," said award-winning author & filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga who has been on trial since her arrest in 2020 for attending an anti-government protest. https://bit.ly/3Abd0LS