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Egyptian Poet Galal El-Behairy—Jailed for Five Years for Writing a Song—Joins Hunger Strike Over Inhumane Conditions

Press ReleaseMarch 9, 2023

“Galal El-Behairy’s continuing imprisonment and the revolving door of charges he faces--for writing a song--are an outrage, especially given that he has already completed a sentence on spurious charges.… More

Deep Concern Over Multiple Arrests of Writers, Artists, Musicians in Iran, Related to Repression Of Mass Protests Since September

Press ReleaseOctober 26, 2022

“We are deeply concerned by the Iranian government’s forceful repression of free expression in response to this movement for democracy and human rights, and we condemn the targeted arrests… More

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DARE: Anchors Scramble to Fact-Check Trump After Prime-Time Address

News DigestJanuary 9, 2019

TV networks try real-time fact-checking on presidential address after agreeing to grant live broadcast. Federal court rules that elected official in... More

DARE: CNN Asks for Emergency Hearing after Trump Threatens to Revoke Acosta’s Press Pass Again

News DigestNovember 19, 2018

White House officials tell CNN correspondent Jim Acosta that his press pass will be suspended again when the court restraining order forcing its... More

Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman, other authors push Chinese president to free jailed writers

By: Allison Chopin | September 22, 2015

British author Neil Gaiman is among the 40 authors, journalists and other free expression advocates who added their signatures to a letter urging Chinese President Xi Jinping to release… More

Neil Gaiman joins authors in urging Chinese president to release jailed writers

By: Alison Flood | September 21, 2015

More than 40 authors, including Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman and Ian McEwan, have written an open letter to Xi Jinping, ahead of his first US state visit, expressing ‘concern… More

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#Florida: Pinellas school officials now deny the PG-rated ‘Ruby Bridges’ film they banned was banned.

Previously: The district banned Toni Morrison’s first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” from all high schools in January after one Palm Harbor parent complained. https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/03/31/school-board-superintendent-kevin-hendrick-disney-north-shore-elementary/

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