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Composer Fazil Say’s Third Court Hearing to be Held on April 15, 2013
On Monday, April 15, celebrated pianist, composer, and writer Fazıl Say is due to appear in court for the third time for comments posted on Twitter. More
Blogger Detained Incommunicado
PEN International protests the incommunicado detention of blogger and writer Jean Laokolé More
Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias Released; Two Other Writers Remain Imprisoned
PEN International welcomes the release of the independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias. More
Witness in Durango
Mexican journalist Héctor Gordoa describes his capture and escape from death in Durango while investigating a notorious prison. More
La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha
Poet Víctor Manuel Mendiola reminisces about the Mexico City of his childhood and criticizes the country's current power brokers. More
Three Poems by Dora Malech
Lay a waste from out thy ode. / What to do after you slay me? // Start anew, lifeless. / Start a new life, less // servant to order… More
Crackdown on Bloggers
PEN International is seriously concerned by the recent arrests of four Bangladeshi bloggers More
How Tech Transparency is Good for Writers
New trends in transparency reporting from tech companies are a welcome development for threatened writers. More
‘That Book Wrote Me’
Chinua Achebe delivered the following speech at the close of PEN's 2008 Tribute to Chinua Achebe. It appears in PEN America 9: Checkpoints, along with other excerpts from the… More
Strangely Personal: Growing Up in Chinua Achebe’s House
The year that I turned six, my family moved into a bigger house with a staircase that at first terrified me. The family that had just moved out, I… More