Linguist and newspaper columnist SEVAN NIŞANYAN has found himself locked up for 16 years after being subjected to a torrent of lawsuits. Researcher JOHN BUTLER managed to interview him for the winter 2016 issue of Index on Censorship magazine
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Philosophy is a very good choice for the next step . Individuals making moral choices , their rights and obligations , values and virtue , private space and public sphere , freedom to and freedom from …..well ,just a few considerations among many to bring about “thought ” and Enlightenment !
P S Your predicament is totally unjust and shameful !