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Truth in the Dark (Nurcan Baysal)
Nurcan Baysal is a journalist and an award-winning human rights activist based in Diyarbakir, Turkey. She has been arrested and detained repeatedly for her writing about Turkish Kurdistan and for tweets she has posted concerning military assaults on the Kurdish … Continue reading
Life in Direct Provision Centres
Ireland’s system of Direct Provision for asylum seekers was only ever meant to be temporary in the lives of the people who are housed within it but many people find themselves trapped there for years. Twenty years after its inception, … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Interview
Tagged Direct Provision, Donnah Vuma, Every Child Is Your Child (ECIYC), Fighting Words, Front Line Defenders, Leo Varadkar, Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI), Now We're Cooking, Red Line Book Festival, Rev. Vicki Lynch, The Irish Times, University of Limerick, University of Sanctuary, Yes We Still Drink Coffee!
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Writers Under Threat: Nurcan Baysal, Daphne Caruana Galizia
Last Wednesday I was at a moving, powerful vigil for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. Many people spoke about Daphne’s life and read from her work. She had been a consistent campaigner against corruption and collusion throughout her … Continue reading
Posted in Freedom of Speech
Tagged Ahval, Article 19, Daniel Gorman, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Dublin Book Festival, English PEN, Fighting Words, Front Line Defenders, Kurds, NURCAN BAYSAL, Orla Lehane, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders, Syria, Turkey, Turkish Security Forces, Yes We Still Drink Coffee!
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