Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s Prisons
Heartbeat Opera is presenting a new version that updates its setting, employs a largely nonwhite cast and features Midwestern prison choirs.
Category Archives: Political Prisoners
Nonfiction: A Kenyan Writer and Dissident on His Year in Prison
In “Wrestling With the Devil,” Ngugi wa Thiong’o remembers his isolation and fear as he struggled to overcome the deprivations of his detention.
Chinese Police Seize Publisher From Train in Front of Diplomats
Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen who published critical books in Hong Kong, was seized in China while being escorted by Swedish envoys.
Tibetan Filmmaker Flees to U.S. After ‘Arduous’ Escape from China
The filmmaker was jailed for interviewing Tibetans about their lives under Chinese rule. His escape reflects a growing climate of repression in China.
Sinosphere: Q. and A.: Liao Yiwu on ‘Love in the Time of Mao’
Mr. Liao discusses his family’s experiences under Mao Zedong and how his novel, to be published later this year in Chinese and English, came about.
Ai Weiwei’s Latest Canvas: A Luxury Emporium in Paris
The Chinese dissident artist unveiled “Er Xi,” or “Child’s Play,” an exhibit that fills display windows and the atrium of the Bon Marché Rive Gauche.
The Last Reservoir of Glamour From China’s ‘Four Great Actresses’
At 93, Qin Yi is the only survivor of a group whose beauty stirred audiences and advanced the Communist Party at the birth of modern China.
ArtsBeat: Two Founding Members of Pussy Riot Respond to Criticism
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina say the letter criticizing them “doesn’t follow the ideology of Pussy Riot.”
    
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Members of Russian Punk Band Get Warm Greeting in Brooklyn
More than a month after their release from prison in Russia, two members of Pussy Riot are finding many allies in their fight for free expression.
ArtsBeat: Pussy Riot Coming to Brooklyn
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who were released from a Russian prison last month, will appear at an Amnesty International concert at Barclays Center on Feb. 5.
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