Category: prisoner abuse
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Gill Dennis on Johnny Cash & voice in poetry
I thought this was very good: Poetry Northwest: Unchained (by Gill Dennis): In which a screenwriter listens to Johnny Cash and considers the origins of a sound and in so doing sheds light on the subject of voice in poetry Here’s an excerpt from the beginning: In a second, he was […]
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Sources say writer and journalist Fessehaye “Joshua” Yohannes has died in detention
Complete story: Reporters Without Borders: Sources say writer and journalist Fessehaye “Joshua” Yohannes has died in detention Excerpts: “Credible Eritrean sources in Asmara and abroad have told Reporters Without Borders that poet and playwright Fessehaye “Joshua” Yohannes, who was a journalist with the now-banned weekly Setit, died in detention on 11 January.” [He had been […]
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Amnesty International: Well-known satirist Sakit Zahidov imprisoned following an unfair trial with questionable evidence
from: Amnesty International USA: Azerbaijan: Appeal Cases 24 January 2007; AI Index: EUR 55/002/2007 (Public) Well-known satirist Sakit Zahidov imprisoned following an unfair trial with questionable evidence Sakit Zahidov, a well-known journalist in Azerbaijan, was sentenced to three years’ […]
Clattery MacHinery on Poetry 