Wife of Imprisoned Nobel laureate Speaks Out Through Poetry
Even though Liu Xia is under house arrest, she is finding ways to make her voice heard. More
In Rare Video, Wife of Jailed Nobel Laureate Reads Poems While Under House Arrest
Liu Xia, the wife of the imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, was shown reading two of her poems in a short video aired at an event on Tuesday… More
This is How China Treats the Wife of a Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel in 2010. Since then, his wife Liu Xia has been under house arrest and lost nearly everything. More
China Nobel Winner’s Wife in Rare Video Appearance
Rare video footage of Liu Xia, the wife of imprisoned Chinese Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, reading two self-written poems under house arrest was posted online Wednesday. More
Wife of China’s jailed Nobel laureate reads poetry whilst under house arrest
Liu Xia is under house arrest after Liu Xiaobo, her Nobel Prize-winning husband, was jailed for helping to author a pro-democracy manifesto in 2008 More
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Nobel winner’s wife Liu Xia speaks out from house arrest through her poems
Wife of Liu Xiaobo reads two of her new works in footage screened at international writers' event in New York. More
Secret Video of China Nobel’s Wife Screens in NYC
Rare video showing what life is like under house arrest for Liu Xia, the Chinese artist and poet married to jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, was screened for… More
Tweet #ShesNotFree in Support of Liu Xia
PEN launches the Twitter campaign #shesnotfree in support of Chinese artist and poet Liu Xia on the eve of our landmark report on China. More
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Professors at public universities have no right to #FreedomOfSpeech when they teach, say lawyers for the State of Florida.
Many academics describe Florida’s stance as a direct, troubling attack on #academicfreedom. Some have even called it fascist. https://www.chronicle.com/article/its-not-clear-whether-public-college-professors-have-first-amendment-rights-when-theyre-teaching
Some people hate Banned books week so much they're not only banning it in schools but calling police on it in libraries. https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/09/27/police-called-library-investigate-obscene-material/
Notice that there is at least an entire generation of high school students who can't even have these books considered as part of their educational opportunities. Not at all. 5 years. And that's if school administration doesn't feel silenced to even ask. https://twitter.com/jonfreadom/status/1575111942586667008