http://www.npr.org/2012/12/04/166519644/qatari-poet-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-writing

This piece was broadcast last night into my kitchen as I washed dishes.  I haven't heard Andrei Codrescu's voice for awhile. It unfailingly makes me grin a little.  I believe a good number of the people happening on this site are searching Pussy Riot.  Andrei mentions them here.