“There has to be an end to an era of silencing people and impeding them from going to the streets to discuss the problems with the government.” Manuela Picq was detained in Ecuador’s Ministry of Interior when authorities told her that her visa was going to be canceled. It was August 2015 and Picq, a French-Brazilian… Continue reading CORREA CRITIC BARRED ENTRY TO ECUADOR
PROJECT EXILE: LIBYAN MILITIA SENDS JOURNALIST FLEEING
“I know what it feels like to be hunted, because it’s happened before.” Libyan journalist Heba Alshibani was no stranger to threats from the North African nation’s warring militias. There had been plenty of menacing comments directed at her online. In 2012, a story about human rights violations at a prison run by one of… Continue reading PROJECT EXILE: LIBYAN MILITIA SENDS JOURNALIST FLEEING
A LENS ON VENEZUELAN STREET CRIME
“The drug trade is why we still have the government we have.” Adriana Fernández first wielded a camera at the age of 16 to take pictures of friends involved in the graffiti scene in her native city of Caracas. Although she didn’t see it at the time, Fernandez now says that it was evident that… Continue reading A LENS ON VENEZUELAN STREET CRIME
Lauren Wortman 