PEN Appeal: Nadesapillai Vithyatharan

March 4, 2009 His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2446657 Hon. Amarasiri Dodangoda Minister of Justice and Law Reforms Superior Courts Complex Colombo 12 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2445447 H. M.… More

PEN Appeal: Dawit Isaacs

February 27, 2009 His Excellency Issayas Afewerki Office of the President P O Box 257 Asmara, Eritrea Fax: + 2911 125123 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international… More

PEN Appeal: Vu Van Hung

February 27, 2009 His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt President, Socialist Republic of Vietnam C/O Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyên Tân Dung Prime Minister 1 Hoang Hoa Tham Street Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Lê… More

PEN Appeal: Zargana

February 27, 2009 Senior General Than Shwe Chairman, State Peace and Development Council c/o Ministry of Defense Naypyitaw Union of Myanmar Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international organization… More

On Translating The Naked Eye

The Naked Eye by Yoko Tawada tells the story of a character trapped between cultures and languages. The unnamed narrator, a girl from Vietnam, travels to East Berlin for… More

PEN Appeal: Mamadali Makhmudov and Muhammad Bekjanov

February 26, 2009 Islam A. Karimov President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Rezidentysia prezidenta Ul. Uzbekistaniskaia 43 Tashkent Uzbekistan Fax: +998 71 139 5325 Akmal Saidov Head of the National Center for Human Rights Natsionalny tsentr po pravam cheloveka 5/3… More

PEN Appeal: Mosaad Suleiman Hassan

February 25, 2009 His Excellency Mohammad Hosni Mubarak President of the Republic of Egypt Heliopolis Egypt Fax: + 202 390 1998 His Excellency Dr. Mamdouh Muheiddin Marei Minister of Justice Magles El Shaab St Justice Bldg Cairo, Egypt Fax:… More

PEN Appeal: Philo Ikonya and Fwamba N C Fwamba

February 25, 2009 The Honorable Mwai Kibaki C.G.H. M.P President of Kenya Office of the President PO Box 30510-00100 Nairobi Kenya Fax: +254-20-313600 Major General Mohamed Hussein Ali, M.G.H. Commissioner of Police PO Box 30083 Nairobi Kenya Fax: +254-20-240955 Your Excellencies, On behalf… More

PEN Appeal: Ramazan Yesergepov

February 25, 2009 Mr. Nursultan Abish-uly Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office of the President 11 Mira Street Astana 473000 Kazakhstan Mr. Amanzhol Zhankuliyev Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan Permanent Mission to the United Nations… More