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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
Love Letter
“You’re a really good writer,” she said, “almost as good as your brother Charles. You should read the novel he’s writing.” So I snuck into Charles’s room and… More
PEN Protests Increased Pressure on Liu Xia
PEN American Center today expressed alarm over reports that Chinese authorities have arrested Liu Xia's brother in China. More
PEN’s Letter to Chinese Authorities Protesting the Treatment of Liu Xia
March 29, 2013XI Jinping Guojia ZhuxiPresidentThe State Council General Office2 FuyoujieXichengquBeijingshi 100017People’s Republic of ChinaLI Keqiang Guojia ZongliPremierThe State Council General Office2 FuyoujieXichengquBeijingshi 100017People’s Republic of ChinaFax: +86 10… More
Five Questions with Patrice Nganang, Cameroonian Human Rights Advocate & Author
PEN interviews Cameroonian author, professor, and human rights advocate Patrice Nganang on the jailed writer Enoh Meyomesse and how people can help. More
Some Good News from the OAS
The Organization of American States acts to protect its key human rights mechanisms. More
Writer Faces Another Prison Term
PEN disturbed by reports that Uzbeki writer will not be released from prison on completion of his 14-year jail term. More
Fears for Health of Imprisoned Writer and Activist
PEN seriously concerned for the health of writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau, who is now seriously ill after being denied adequate medical care in the prison camp where… More
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