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Resolution on the United States of America
The Assembly of Delegates of International PEN, meeting at its 69th Congress in Mexico City, Mexico, 22–28 November 2003, Alarmed by actions by the U.S. government and U.S. military… More
November 24, 2004 | A Very Haitian Story
Miami—On Sunday, Oct. 24, United Nations troops and Haitian police forces launched a military operation in Bel-Air, one of the poorest and most volatile neighborhoods in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.… More
We’re in the Process of Losing Our Country
Was the Wednesday August 4 PEN Club meeting, during which several writers read texts, a demonstration against George Bush or a position-taking in favor of John Kerry?The PEN Club… More
Terrorism, Intellectual Freedom, and the Patriot Act
AMY GOODMAN: Salman Rushdie's book Midnight's Children, published in 1981, won the Booker Prize and brought him international fame. But it was his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses, that… More
PEN Goes to Court for Documents on Visa Denials
PEN American Center joined the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Association of University Professors today in filing a lawsuit to compel the Departments of State, Justice, and… More
Tenth anniversary of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa
Writers around the world in International PEN are commemorating today the life and death of Nigerian writer Ken Saro Wiwa, who was executed ten years ago on November 10,… More
Statement on sentencing of International PEN Vice President Predrag Matvejevic
The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN condemns the use of criminal defamation laws that led to the conviction of its vice president, Croatian writer Predrag Matvejevic, to… More
PEN Writes to Senate Appropriations Committee
PEN President Salman Rushdie addressed the following letter to members of the House-Senate Defense Appropriations conference committee on behalf of PEN American Center. More
PEN Launches Mexico Campaign
As agreed at the 71st International PEN Congress held in Bled in June 2005, the PEN Writers in Prison Committee is staging a campaign in October focusing on freedom… More
A Shock to the System
Natural disasters often lay bare a society's grim realities and sometimes shock citizens into political action. Twenty years ago today, a catastrophic earthquake in Mexico City shook that society… More
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