User:Khazar2/DYK

DYKs
Did you know...?
 * ... that Slavery by Another Name argues that slavery in the United States continued after the Civil War?
 * ... that Debby Applegate studied pornographic writing techniques for her Pulitzer-winning The Most Famous Man in America?
 * ... that Dan Paul represented the Miami Herald before the US Supreme Court?
 * ... that the Cebongan Prison raid in Indonesia was declared a human rights violation by the National Commission on Human Rights, but not by Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro?


 * ... that, Jesús Blancornelas, a Mexican journalist, risked his life while reporting on the Tijuana Cartel, the drug trade in Mexico, and political corruption?
 * ... that Yusak Pakage was sentenced to ten years in prison after raising a flag?
 * ... that Édgar Morales Pérez, the mayor-elect of Matehuala, San Luis Potosí, was assassinated before taking office?
 * ... that CPJ International Press Freedom Awards recipients (1991 recipient Tatyana Mitkova pictured) have faced imprisonment, raids, and assassination?''
 * ... that a fatal shooting on July 22 was the sixth shooting incident in less than a year involving Anaheim, California, police officers?


 * ... that Abraham Samad was the youngest ever head of the Corruption Eradication Commission when he was chosen in 2011?
 * ... that Bambang Widjojanto, once often imprisoned by the government of Indonesia, now works for it?
 * ... that there were calls for Alexander Aan to be executed for posting on Facebook?
 * ... that twenty Bahraini health workers (some pictured) were sentenced to up to fifteen years' imprisonment by a military court in a trial that lasted for only a few minutes?
 * ... that shoe salesman Hamid Ghassemi-Shall was sentenced to death because of an alleged e-mail?


 * ... that satirist Abdul Samay Hamed was attacked by a knife-wielding man, but succeeded in disarming his attacker?
 * ... that due to his role in the national uprising, Bahraini human rights activist Mohammed al-Maskati received a number of death threats?
 * ... that after a police raid, Ali al-Ghanmi, a Bahraini police officer, left his guard post and joined protests because he could no longer support "a killer institution"?
 * ... that Mahdi Abu Deeb was arrested, allegedly tortured, and sentenced to 10 years in prison due to his role in the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising?
 * ... that Tajul Muluk, whose home and boarding school were burnt down by opponents of his preaching Shia Islam, was arrested for blasphemy?


 * ... that Indonesian politician Marzuki Darusman was burned in effigy in Sri Lanka for his investigation into that country's civil war?
 * ... that, as of 2010, 85 percent of the readers of the Indonesian daily Bernas are male?
 * ... that despite being handicapped, Bahraini engineer Abduljalil Alsingace was allegedly tortured by being forced to stand on one leg without crutches for prolonged periods?
 * ... that a police officer in Indonesia was sued for dumping blood to appease the Goddess of the South Sea while investigating the murder of Udin?
 * ... that Ratna Sarumpaet singing of the Indonesian national anthem was called "proof" of a crime?


 * ... that Nigerian journalist Nosa Igiebor was held incommunicado for months because his magazine Tell criticised General Sani Abacha?
 * ... that an entire print run of Svetlana Kalinkina newspaper was seized by the Belarusian police?
 * ... that attackers broke the legs and hands of journalist Tipu Sultan after he implicated a Bangladeshi MP in an arson attack on a girls' school?
 * ... that Fadhila Mubarak was arrested by Bahraini police after approaching a checkpoint with "pro-revolutionary" music playing from her car?
 * ... that editor Pap Saine was imprisoned for sedition after criticizing the Gambian government response to the murder of his co-editor and childhood friend?


 * ... that journalist Musa Muradov was once trapped in a basement for 14 days by damage from an artillery shell?
 * ... that Cuban journalist Yndamiro Restano Díaz was reportedly released from prison at the request of Danielle Mitterand, the wife of the former President of France?
 * ... that journalist Freedom Neruda was imprisoned in 1996 for satirizing the Ivorian President, but was named one of the "50 World Press Freedom Heroes" in 2000?
 * ... that journalist Pavel Sheremet triggered a "public row" between Belarus and Russia by hopping a border fence?
 * ... that eleven of journalist Ignacio Gómez colleagues at El Espectador were murdered in the first fourteen years of his career?


 * ... that Tuhama Ma'rouf of the Syrian Communist Labour Party was designated a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International after her arrest in February 2011?
 * ... that Jineth Bedoya Lima was abducted, tortured, and raped following her reporting on Colombian paramilitary groups?
 * ... that Canadian national Naser al-Raas was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for attending a rally of the 2011 Bahraini uprising?
 * ... that Steven Gan took advantage of a loophole in Malaysian Internet law to create the country's first independent news source?
 * ... that International Press Freedom Award laureate María Cristina Caballero began reporting for a Bogotá newspaper at the age of 16?


 * ... that journalist Musa Muradov was once trapped in a basement for 14 days by damage from an artillery shell?
 * ... that Aboubakr Jamaï went on a hunger strike after his newspapers were banned in Morocco?
 * ... that former journalist hostage Terry A. Anderson led a campaign for the release of Turkish editor Ocak Isik Yurtçu?
 * ... that Amnesty International recruited writers to lobby at the Edinburgh Festival for the release of the UAE Five, imprisoned in 2011 for insulting political figures of the United Arab Emirates?
 * ... that journalist Sony Esteus had his arm broken by the Port-au-Prince police while covering a story?


 * ... that following Galima Bukharbaeva eyewitness account of the Andijan massacre, the Uzbek government charged her with providing "informational support to terrorism"?
 * ... that journalist Yelena Masyuk was held hostage in Chechnya for 101 days?
 * ... that the wife of Guatemalan journalist Byron Barrera was murdered in 1990 in an unsuccessful attempt on his life?
 * ... that Thepchai Yong won an International Press Freedom Award for reporting on Thailand's Black May uprising despite military pressure to censor coverage?
 * ... that anti-communist activist Gheorghe Briceag pledged to shave his well-known Solzhenitsyn beard if Moldova united with Romania?


 * ... that Ales Bialatski earned a PhD in Belarusian literature before becoming the vice president of the International Federation for Human Rights?
 * ... that journalist Ahmad Taufik was acquitted after being taken to court by both the Suharto government and Tomy Winata, one of Indonesia's richest businessmen?
 * .. that Bill Foley ' s photograph "The Last Smile" shows Anwar Sadat only moments before his assassination?
 * ... that Beatrice Mtetwa, "Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyer", has secured the release of reporters from The New York Times and The Sunday Telegraph?
 * ... that Indonesian journalist Bambang Harymurti originally wanted to be an astronaut and qualified as a potential candidate?
 * ... that the 2005 Gwangju Prize winner Wardah Hafidz was told to vacate her office after disclosing that numerous groups had used social security funds for "money politics"?


 * ... that journalist Ricardo Uceda helped locate the mass grave of the La Cantuta massacre victims?
 * ... that Burmese journalist Aung Pwint was imprisoned on charges of "sending news" and "illegal ownership of a fax machine"?
 * ... that in 1993, the car of Algerian journalist Omar Belhouchet was machine-gunned while he was driving his children to school?
 * ... that Russian journalist Nadira Isayeva called her 2010 trial "a test for the institution of press freedom" in Dagestan?
 * ... that Muhammad Al-Saqr won an International Press Freedom Award for his work as a journalist before becoming chairman of the Arab Parliament?


 * ... that Modeste Mutinga won an international prize for his journalism before being elected to the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
 * ... that Civil Courage Prize laureate Ali Salem was ostracized by the Egyptian intellectual community following a 1994 book in which he promoted peace with Israel?
 * ... that award-winning journalist Paul Kamara has also been a priest, a cabinet minister, and the manager of Sierra Leone's national football team?
 * ... that Dandeniya Gamage Jayanthi founded the group "Friends and Relatives of the Disappeared" following the abduction, shooting, and burning of her fiancé?
 * ... that Jigme Gyatso was re-arrested after his allegations of torture by Chinese security forces were re-played on Voice of America?


 * ... that the American Repertory Theater and System of a Down's Serj Tankian dedicated their 2011 Prometheus Bound to jailed Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen?
 * ... that adivasi activist Kartam Joga has been accused of joining the deadliest Naxalite attack in India's history?
 * ... that the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is named for the only Holocaust survivor (pictured) ever to serve in the United States Congress?
 * ... that the European Parliament issued a resolution condemning the drug arrest of Azerbaijani activist Jabbar Savalan?
 * ... that Burmese democracy activist Ohn Than is serving a life sentence for holding up a poster in front of the US Embassy in Yangon?


 * ... that in 2010, Wipas Raksakulthai became the first Thai man arrested for committing lèse majesté on Facebook?
 * ... that Women's League of Burma activist Khin Ohmar evaded arrest during Burma's pro-democracy 8888 Uprising when a Japanese diplomat allowed her and other students to hide from police in his home?
 * ... that Ugandan Rolling Stone editor Giles Muhame alleged that a gay rights group conspired with Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab in the July 2010 Kampala suicide bombings?
 * ... that Khun Htun Oo, a former head of Burma's Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, is now serving a 93-year sentence for treason?
 * ... that Zaw Htet Ko Ko, a photographer for the pro-democracy 88 Generation Students Group, is serving an 11-year prison sentence for his involvement in Burma's "Saffron Revolution"?


 * ... that in 2008, Burmese 88 Generation democracy activist Mie Mie was sentenced to 65 years imprisonment for "illegally using electronic media" and "forming an illegal organization"?
 * ... that Yan Yan Chan, whose band Acid released Burma's first hip hop album, spent nine months in prison for involvement in the pro-democracy group Generation Wave?
 * ... that the journalism of Siamak Pourzand ranged from film criticism for Cahiers du cinéma to coverage of the "Chain Murders" of Iranian dissidents?
 * ... that imprisoned Burmese singer Zayar Thaw group Generation Wave distributed anti-government hip-hop and copies of banned movies, including Rambo IV?
 * ... that Khun Bedu was sentenced to 37 years in prison for offenses including organizing Loikaw youth to release balloons and rafts in protest of the 2008 Burmese constitutional referendum?


 * ... that in 2005, lobbyists attributed George W. Bush's increased "outspokenness" on Burmese human rights to a 50-minute meeting with Shan activist Charm Tong?
 * ... that Bono personally lobbied for Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to investigate the treatment of imprisoned conscientious objector İnan Süver?
 * ... that Sudanese human rights activist Mudawi Ibrahim Adam has been imprisoned four times for his work in Darfur?
 * ... that Burmese democracy activist Aye Aung is serving a 59-year prison sentence for distributing leaflets and organizing protests in Yangon?
 * ... that Gwangju Prize for Human Rights winner Angkhana Neelaphaijit has been investigating the forced disappearance of her husband for more than seven years?


 * ... that Bertrand Teyou is serving two years in jail for attempting to read publicly from his book about Chantal Biya, the first lady of Cameroon?
 * ... that democracy activist Htay Kywe was described as Burma's "most-wanted man" following his leadership role in the 2007 anti-government protests?
 * ... that Buddhist monk U Gambira was sentenced to sixty-three years in prison for his leadership role in Burma's Saffron Revolution?
 * ... that after the Rwandan Genocide, social worker and survivor Godeliève Mukasarasi founded a group to help widows and orphans further their socio-economic rights?
 * ... that in 2007, the foundation headed by Guatemalan human rights activist Norma Cruz helped to convict over 30 individuals accused of murdering women?


 * ... that US actor Martin Sheen has advocated on behalf of imprisoned Kyrgyzstani activist and journalist Azimzhan Askarov?
 * ... that Burmese prisoner of conscience Nilar Thein once evaded police capture by rickshaw taxi?
 * ... that Burundian Internet journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested and charged with treason after writing a blog post criticizing his country's security forces?
 * ... that Filep Karma is serving a 15-year jail sentence for raising the flag of West Papua in Jayapura, Indonesia?