Wangpo Tethong is the Executive Director of the International Campaign for Tibet Europe. In this episode we discuss Tibet, the Chinese occupation of the region, organisation of the Tibetan diaspora, and their use of technology to support the community and stay one step ahead of censorship. You can find this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts,…

Benedict Rogers is the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch. In this episode we discuss the human rights situation in Hong Kong, the National Security Law, Rogers’ own banning from the territory, and the efforts by Hong Kong Watch to improve the lives of people living in Hong Kong. You can find this episode on…

Abduweli Ayup is the Director of Research at the World Uyghur Congress. In this episode we discuss the ongoing genocide against his people, and the attempted erasure of Uyghur culture and identity. You can find this episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or by listening below:

Enghebatu Togochong is the director of the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center. In this episode we discuss the ongoing persecution of the Mongolian people in China. You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or by listening below:

Mohammed Almahfali, Ph.D, is an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies at Lund University in Sweden. In this episode we discuss his personal story of travelling from Yemen to Sweden, his expertise on literature of the Arabic speaking world, and of course censorship and book banning across the region and what…

Ulrika Ahlberg and Jude Chukwuma Dibia work at the Dawitt Isaak Library in Malmö, Sweden, a library dedicated to authors who have been censored, repressed, or forced into exile. We discuss our shared passion for the free exchange of ideas, and the similarities and differences between their library and the Banned Books museum. You can…

Denis Poljakov is the owner of Russow Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia. He talks about his lifelong business in books, including his experiences smuggling contraband books across the border, his arrest and internment in a Russian prison camp, and how he restarted his life in Estonia.  You can find the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts,…

The third episode of our podcast, Banned Voices is available now! Guest Denis Poljakov is the owner of Russow Galerii in Tallinn, Estonia. He talks about his lifelong business in books, including his experiences smuggling contraband books across the border, his arrest and internment in a Russian prison camp, and how he restarted his life…

The second episode of Banned Voices is available now! Our guest is Dutch author Edwin Giltay, who discusses his 2014 book “De Doofpotgeneraal” and the aftermath of its release. The book details a scandal in Dutch military intelligence regarding film footage of war crimes that took place in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War.  Listen to…

The first episode of our bi-weekly podcast series Banned Voices is available now! Our first guest is Latvian author Santa Remere, who discusses her 2020 book Mūsējās. The book was intended as an inspiring collection of biographies of Latvian women presented in a fairy-tale style, but was attacked upon publication for its inclusion of one highly…