PEN's Freedom to Write: 277 Writers, Intellectuals Jailed in 36 Nations
An alarming follow-up to the February 2021 Myanmar coup d'état: Yangon moves into PEN America's Top 10 Freedom to Write Index offenders.
Source: publishingperspectives.com
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PEN America: 227 Writers, Intellectuals Jailed in 36 Nations
An alarming follow-up to the February 2021 Myanmar coup d'état: Yangon moves into the Top 10 Freedom to Write Index offenders.
Source: publishingperspectives.com
PEN America 2021 Freedom to Write Index: Myanmar Joins China and Saudi Arabia as World's Top Jailers of Writers
Freedom to Write Index documents least 277 writers, academics, and public intellectuals in 36 countries—in all geographic regions of the world—unjustly imprisoned or held in detention in connection with their writing or other exercise of free expression in 2021. This was a slight increase from 2020, when 273 individuals were counted behind bars, but the past two years, covering the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, both represent a significant increase from 2019, when the Freedom to Write Index documented just 238 cases.
Source: pen.org
Russia's satellite jammers are interrupting commercial airlines
Russia's interference with satellites is inadvertently dragging commercial airliners into the conflict despite their decision to avoid Ukrainian airspace, a French official said Friday.
Source: washingtonexaminer.com
Flying Over Belarus is Risky, But There Are Even More Dangerous Skies, Monitor Finds
Belarus' intercept of Ryanair Flight 4978 was a "major concern to civil aviation," according to Safe Airspace, but there are far risker countries to fly over.
Source: newsweek.com