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Dedy's poetry addresses the violence arising from Aceh's long but little-known struggle for independence from Indonesia. Aceh has been fighting to regain control over its oil and gas resources but the successionist protests organised by the Free Aceh Movement have been violently suppressed. Both...
Well known in his native country for his romantic poems and performance art pieces, Saw Wei was jailed for two years in November 2008 for inducing crime against public tranquillity. His detention stemmed from an eight-line love poem entitled 'February The Fourteenth'. It carries a hidden criticism...
This poetry anthology was born out of the commitment of 12 Saharawi poets to draw attention to the human rights violations taking place in the occupied territory of Western Sahara. The poems reflect the imprisonment and torture by human rights activists fighting against oppression and violence.
Art for Humanity invited 25 women artists and 25 poets, primarily from South Africa and the developing world, to create public works of art to inspire moral ownership of the rights of the child. Their aim is for each poem to be translated into all South African languages, to promote multilingualism...
Yahya, a Sudanese refugee in Australia since 2007, constantly strives to raise awareness in his adopted nation of the conflict in Darfur. He often goes without his own comforts in order to support his family and friends back home, and dreams of working for the UN to ensure that no one ever has to...
