Nguyen Huu Vinh & Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy | Status: In Prison | Vietnam
On March 23, 2016, the People's Court of Hanoi sentenced Nguyen Huu Vinh to five years in prison under Article 258 (2) of Vietnam's Penal Code for "abusing democratic… More
(Poem from a Prison Cell)
If you ask after my finest day / on an occasion when words of pride are called for / I’d call history to mind, and say: / It was… More
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Here's some coverage from @hyperallergic of what's happening in Minneapolis and spotlighting that our new @PENamerica report has observed targeted legislative efforts to criminalize protests led by BIPOC. https://hyperallergic.com/567639/journalists-were-arrested-in-minneapolis-for-no-fathomable-reason-says-pen-america/