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Call for a Worldwide Reading for the democracy movement in Hong Kong on 9 September 2020

25 mai 2020 Malik Berkati 4 min read a worldwide reading, and human rights, Berlin International Film Festival, Call, censorship, Covid-19, freedom of expression and assembly, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong protests, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, ilb, one country two systems principle, self-censorship, Studio Incendo, the international literature festival berlin, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Umbrella Movement, What matters

In its tradition of engagement for and with artists in civil society (a few examples here, here or there), The international literature festival berlin calls for a wave of solidarity with the Hong Kong democracy movement.
j:mag endorses this call.
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Institutions and persons who would like to participate with a reading on 9 September 2020 are asked to inform ilb and send information like: Name of the organizer, place, and date of the event, participants, language of the event, and, if you have, website link. The e-mail address is: worldwidereading@literaturfestival.com. The ilb will announce the events on the website https://www.literaturfestival.com and on social media.
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Culture / Kultur Forum citoyen / Bürgerforum Littérature / Literatur

Appeal to the Myanmar Government concerning the Rohingya

20 septembre 2017 Malik Berkati 4 min read ARSA, Aung San Suu Kyi, authors, Bangladesh, discrimination, ethnic cleansing, ethnic minority, ilb, Myanmar, persecution, Rakhine, refugees, Rohingya, the international literature festival berlin, UNHCR, writers

j:mag support this appeal initiated by the international literature festival berlin (ilb)
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We, writers at the international literature festival berlin (ilb) and International Congress for Democracy and Freedom, condemn the treatment of Rohingya people by Aung San Suu Kyi and the government of Myanmar.
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