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PEN Appeal: Hossein Derakhshan
January 28, 2009 His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Head of the Judiciary Howzeh Riyasat-e Qoveh Qazaiyeh Office of the Head of the Judiciary Pasteur St., Vali Asr Ave., south of Serah-e Jomhouri Tehran 1316814737 Islamic… More
PEN Appeal: Lasantha Wickramatunga
January 27, 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: Harry Nicolaides
January 28, 2009 Abhisit Vejjajiva Prime Minister The Secretariat of the Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House Pitsanulok Road Dusit, Bangkok 10300 Thailand Fax: +66 2 280 0858 Sompong Amornwiwat Minister of Justice Office of the Minister Ministry of… More
PEN Appeal: Lewis Medjo
February 10, 2009 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Email: [email protected] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Mr. Amadou Ali Fax: +237 22 23 00 05 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,300… More
PEN Appeal: Nsimba Embete Ponte and Davin Ntondo Nzovuangu
December 19, 2008 Mutombo Bakafwa Nsenda Minister of Justice and Human Rights M. Kitungwa Killy Dido Director, Centre Pénitentiaire et de Rééducation de Kinshasa (CPRK) c/o The Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of… More
PEN Appeal: Milton Chacaguasay Flores
December 18, 2008 President Rafael Correa Palacio de Carondelet Garcia Moreno 1043 Entre Chile y Espejo Quito, Ecuador Fax: +593 2 258 0714 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international… More
Testimony, Hearing on Restoring the Rule of Law
Opportunistic governments have co-opted the U.S. “war on terror,” citing support for U.S. counterterrorism policies as a basis for internal repression of domestic opponents. In some instances, U.S. actions… More
The Campaign Against Torture in Algeria
TIMELINEOctober 5, 1988Algeria’s post independence baby boom—two thirds of the country was born after 1962—takes to the streets to protest the corrupt, self serving cliques—known by the French word… More
PEN Appeal: Liu Xiaobo
December 10, 2008 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Mr. Meng Jianzhu Minister of the Public Security East Chang’an Avenue 14 Beijing 100741 P.R. China Your Excellencies, On behalf of… More
PEN Appeal: Guo Quan
December 3, 2008 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More