China: A century of silencing dissent
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Ma Jian
Author
Ma Jian is an award-winning Chinese writer. His latest novel is China Dream. His work is banned in China

Gelareh Sheibani
Singer
Gelareh Sheibani was born in Iran and took keyboard lessons as a youngter. She found a passion for singing in her teenage years but solo singing in the country was not permitted. After the release of the video for her song Nagoo Tanhaei and the follow-up she was arrested and prosecuted. She later left the country and now lives in Turkey

Sarah Sands
Journalist
Sarah Sands is Chair of the Gender Equality Advisory Council for G7 and a board member of Index on Censorship. Sands was the former editor of BBC’s Today programme