Solitary confinement is a form of torture that the prison system makes commonplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2022-06-26 10:00:00 UTC ]
In our digital age, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Nobel prize is a reminder that it is still novels that ask the biggest questionsIt’s always entertaining to observe the interaction between the news media and a writer who has just won the Nobel prize. The all-time best was obviously Doris Lessing, who when... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
After nearly eight months in solitary confinement, one of five Hong Kong booksellers who vanished after their detention in mainland China gave a detailed account Thursday of his ordeal, defying not only a gag order but also authorities’ demand that he remand himself to custody. Lam Wing Kee,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]