Ma Thida
@mathida.bsky.social
Writer, Chair of Writer in Prison Committee, PEN International
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📚🎙️Ma Thida (@mathida.bsky.social), among #Myanmar’s leading activists and intellectuals, discusses her new book, 'A-Maze' and the country’s unfinished struggle for democracy on the Southasia Review of Books podcast.
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Ma Thida on Myanmar’s unfinished struggle for democracy: Southasia Review of Books podcast #36
As the Spring Revolution approaches its fifth year, Ma Thida, one of Myanmar’s foremost activists and intellectuals, reflects on the country’s political trajectory leading up to and beyond the 2021…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📚🎙️Ma Thida (@mathida.bsky.social), among #Myanmar’s leading activists and intellectuals, discusses her new book, 'A-Maze' and the country’s unfinished struggle for democracy on the Southasia Review of Books podcast.
Tune in on Youtube: buff.ly/IeLm7iX
Tune in on Youtube: buff.ly/IeLm7iX
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#China: We join RSF in a coalition of 90 civil society organisations demanding the immediate release of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai.
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www.pen-international.org/news/china-j...
#FreeGuiMinhai
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#FreeGuiMinhai
China: Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Chinese Government’s Arbitrary Detention of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expre...
15 October 2025: This week marks the 10th anniversary of the abduction of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai. This is the first of two joint statements that will be published this week, in wh...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
#China: We join RSF in a coalition of 90 civil society organisations demanding the immediate release of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai.
Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/china-j...
#FreeGuiMinhai
Read more ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/china-j...
#FreeGuiMinhai
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#HongKong: On the 4th anniversary of Apple Daily's forced closure, we join international partners urging the UK Prime Minister to meet with Sebastien Lai, son of jailed writer & Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai.
#FreeJimmyLai
Read our joint letter 🔽
www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
#FreeJimmyLai
Read our joint letter 🔽
www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
China-Hong Kong: PEN International joins letter to UK Prime Minister to meet with Jimmy Lai’s son Sebastien — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
24 June 2025: Today, PEN International has joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PEN Centres and other organisations in a joint letter sent to the UK’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, requesting...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#HongKong: On the 4th anniversary of Apple Daily's forced closure, we join international partners urging the UK Prime Minister to meet with Sebastien Lai, son of jailed writer & Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai.
#FreeJimmyLai
Read our joint letter 🔽
www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
#FreeJimmyLai
Read our joint letter 🔽
www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
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#China: Today, Sebastien Lai, son of #HongKong writer and media publisher #JimmyLai, addressed the UN Human Rights Council as a representative of PEN International and called for his father's release.
Watch his statement here🔽
Watch his statement here🔽
China-Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai’s son calls for his father’s release at the UN Human Rights Council — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
18 June 2025: Today, Jimmy Lai’s son, Sebastien Lai, addressed the 59th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) as a representative of PEN International during an Interactive Dialogue...
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June 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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At the commemoration event at the Japanese parliament building on 3 June 2025 to mark the 36th anniversary of #TiananmenMassacre & 15th anniversary of #LiuXiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks Ma Thida, chair of @peninternational.bsky.social’s Writers-in-Prison Committee, for her recorded speech.
June 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
At the commemoration event at the Japanese parliament building on 3 June 2025 to mark the 36th anniversary of #TiananmenMassacre & 15th anniversary of #LiuXiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks Ma Thida, chair of @peninternational.bsky.social’s Writers-in-Prison Committee, for her recorded speech.
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We're honored to share an excerpt of A Phyu’s “I Was Not Alone,” first published in @altsean.bsky.social WOMEN'S VOICES FROM THE REVOLUTION.
Join us online on 5/29 as A Phyu, @mathida.bsky.social and @debbiestot.bsky.social discuss the power of storytelling for advocacy. pen.org/first-i-have...
Join us online on 5/29 as A Phyu, @mathida.bsky.social and @debbiestot.bsky.social discuss the power of storytelling for advocacy. pen.org/first-i-have...
May 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We're honored to share an excerpt of A Phyu’s “I Was Not Alone,” first published in @altsean.bsky.social WOMEN'S VOICES FROM THE REVOLUTION.
Join us online on 5/29 as A Phyu, @mathida.bsky.social and @debbiestot.bsky.social discuss the power of storytelling for advocacy. pen.org/first-i-have...
Join us online on 5/29 as A Phyu, @mathida.bsky.social and @debbiestot.bsky.social discuss the power of storytelling for advocacy. pen.org/first-i-have...
Release of Myanmar Filmmaker An Essential Step in the Battle for Free Expression
April 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Release of Myanmar Filmmaker An Essential Step in the Battle for Free Expression