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TEHRAN – The Iranian artist Atena Farghadani, famously sentenced to over 12 years in prison for a cartoon depicting the country’s parliament as animals, is facing yet another charge – that of indecency, raised over the woman shaking her male lawyer’s hand. The handshake itself...
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HAVANA – The Cuban government has returned to Cuban artist Tania Bruguera her passport, and she is now legally allowed to leave the country. In a meeting on Friday, July 10th with State Security officials, including her parole officer, her Cuban passport (her...
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In recent months, Iran’s Revolutionary Courts have sentenced one activist to 14 years for charges which included listening to protest songs, two artists to a combined 20 years in prison for their work, and four other activists have been sentenced to a combined 31 years....
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Cartoonist Zunar to face 9 sedition charges tomorrow in Malaysia and faces a potential 43 years in prison over a tweet he posted in February.
- Nadya Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot