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Ashraf Fayadh is a Palestinian poet who came to Saudi Arabia as a refugee, and is now facing execution by his adopted homeland for a series of poems that he

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Luaty Beirão is an Angolan rapper who performs under the name Ikonoklasta and has been detained awaiting a trial since June 2015. The artist, who is well-known as an outspoken

Vo Minh Tri (aka Viet Khang) is a Vietnamese musician who was sentenced to four years in prison and two years of house arrest on October 30, 2012 for "anti-state

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