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Activists shout slogans to mark anniversary of death of Chinese Nobel prize winner Liu Xiaobo outside a district court in Hong Kong, Monday, July 13, 2020. 

Protest projection: Part II

Critical State

In this week’s Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter by Inkstick Media, Sam Ratner takes a deep dive into new research on what happens when Chinese political prisoners make an appeal to an international audience.

Riot police patrol at a shopping mall during a protest after China's parliament passes a national security law for Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, June 30, 2020.

Family of Chinese pro-democracy activist held in secret detention calls for his release

Conflict & Justice
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera has been arrested by authorities in Havana three times in recent years.

Cuba’s most controversial artist sketches the island’s post-Fidel future

Global Politics
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera reads from Hannah Arendt's book "The Origins of Totalitarianism" as part of a 100-hour collective reading in Havana May 20, 2015.

Cubans ‘don’t understand … things like freedom of expression are things that belong to them’

Justice