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Controversial award ceremony for Masha Gessen – Culture
Anyone who followed the scandal surrounding the Hannah Arendt Prize for Masha Gessen got the impression that the Heinrich Böll Foundation did not cut a good figure. On Monday evening,…
Hannah Arendt Prize awarded despite criticism of Masha Gessen
As of: December 16, 2023 8:19 p.m The Hannah Arendt Prize for political thought was awarded to Masha Gessen despite massive criticism. The Bremen Senate and the Böll Foundation canceled…
Bremen: Hannah Arendt Prize for Masha Gessen
Bremen Hannah Arendt Prize for Masha Gessen The journalist Masha Gessen has been awarded the Hannah Arendt Prize. photo © Focke Strangmann/dpa The awarding of the Hannah Arendt Prize to…
Masha Gessen in an interview about the Hannah Arendt Prize – Culture
Another scandal, again it’s about Israel, again it hits a Jewish voice: Masha Gessen, born in 1967 into a Jewish family in then-Soviet Moscow, should have received the Hannah Arendt…
On the scandal surrounding the writer Masha Gessen – Culture
The city of Bremen has canceled the celebrations for the awarding of the Hannah Arendt Prize to Masha Gessen, and the Green Party-affiliated Heinrich Böll Foundation has also withdrawn from…
Hannah Arendt Prize to Masha Gessen: Criticism and withdrawal – culture
Criticism of the awarding of the Hannah Arendt Prize for political thought to the journalist Masha Gessen is becoming louder. The Bremen Senate and the Böll Foundations say they are…
Guard linked to Revolutionary Guards killed on anniversary of Masha Amini’s death
Death has changed sides. One year to the day after the death of Masha Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who was violently arrested by the morality police, a member of…
A year after the death of Masha Amini, repression still chases away grief and demonstrations
One year ago today, Iranian Masha Amini died in detention, after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran. A death which triggered a vast movement of protests, in favor…
Masha Gessen no longer Vice President of PEN America – Culture
American journalist and essayist Masha Gessen has resigned from the board of directors of the writers’ association PEN America. Gessen justified the resignation with the cancellation of an event with…
Masha Amini case: EU agrees on sanctions against Iran – Politics
The European Union wants to impose punitive sanctions on Iran over the death of 22-year-old Masha Amini and the bloody crackdown on the protests that followed. As the AFP news…