Let’s talk about Russia, baby
Back in Novemeber, we reported on Russia’s imprisonment and prosecution of Natalia Sharina, the fifty-nine-year-old director of Moscow’s Library of Ukrainian Literature, on charges of embezzlement and distributing literature with “extremist content.”… Read more »
Without warning, Egyptian officials shutter Cairo center for torture victims
After a year of harassment by the Egyptian government, Cairo’s Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence was shut down by authorities yesterday. The closure—executed by fifteen plainclothes… Read more »
The Internet Archive launches a Trump-only trove of TV clips
Here at MobyLives, we love archivists. And we especially love the folks at the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive is a giant website that houses, among other things, tons of… Read more »
A Fourth Causeway Bay bookseller, released from state custody in China, describes his confinement; only one, Swedish citizen Gui Minhai, remains
The evening of Thursday, June 16 saw the release of Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller detained by mainland Chinese authorities for the past several months. An important development in its own… Read more »
Angolan activist and rapper—and his book club—sentenced to prison
Seventeen activists in Angola have been sentenced to prison after their 2015 arrests for participating in a peaceful book club discussion. The Guardian reports: A court in Angola has jailed… Read more »
Two of the missing Hong Kong booksellers mysteriously surface in China
New developments have emerged in the mystery of the five missing Hong Kong booksellers, as two of the men in question have apparently appeared in mainland China: Gui Minhai, owner of Mighty… Read more »
British foreign secretary steps in over missing Hong Kong booksellers
On Monday we reported that a fifth bookseller had gone missing in Hong Kong in what appears to be a move by the Chinese government to silence dissenting voices in… Read more »
Has anyone in the White House read the Senate Torture Report?
On Monday, we wrote about Amnesty International’s day of action in honor of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. Amnesty’s campaign—American Torture Story—encouraged the group’s members to remind Congress,… Read more »
Amnesty International commemorates one-year anniversary of Senate Torture Report with day of action
Wednesday, December 9th marks the one-year anniversary of the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture. While publication of the report did much to make visible the horrific… Read more »
Khaled Hosseini calls for release of Azerbaijani writer
Khaled Hosseini, author of the bestselling The Kite Runner, has added his voice to the call for Azerbaijani writer and translator Khadija Ismayilova to be released from prison. Alison Flood reports… Read more »