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PEN to Russia: Human Rights Orgs are not “Foreign Agents”
[caption id="attachment_14703" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Vladimir Putin"][/caption] PEN International and 21 other international human rights and free expression organizations have issued an open letter to the Russian Duma protesting a draft… More
Journalist Frederica Jansz (F) Threatened; Fears for Safety
Sri Lankan journalist Frederica Jansz received a death threat from Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa during a telephone interview on July 5, 2012. More
New York Review of Books: Free Eskinder Nega!
The New York Review of Books has published a PEN-initiated letter calling on President Obama and all world leaders to condemn the conviction of journalist and 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith… More
New York Review of Books: Free Eskinder Nega!
[caption id="attachment_11203" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Eskinder Nega, photo by Lennart Kjörling"][/caption] The New York Review of Books has published a PEN-initiated letter calling on President Obama and all world leaders to… More
Postcard from Turkey: Criminal Trials of Major Publishers
Sara Whyatt, Deputy Director of PEN International, writes from Turkey:Yesterday at the Çağlayan Courts of Justice, Europe’s largest courthouse, situated in İstanbul, I sat and watched as a judge set… More
Postcard from Turkey: Criminal Trials of Major Publishers
[caption id="attachment_14440" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The Ça?layan Courts of Justice"][/caption] Sara Whyatt, Deputy Director of PEN International, writes from Turkey: Yesterday at the Ça?layan Courts of Justice, Europe’s largest courthouse, situated in ?stanbul,… More
Andrzej Poczobut Released on Bail, Still Faces Prison
Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut was released on bail on June 30. However, he still faces a prison sentence of almost eight years on charges of “libelling the President.” More
Poetry Roundup: “Rocks on a Table” Edition
Mud Luscious Press, the esteemed small press and progenitor of the imprints Nephew and Blue Square, is in financial trouble. More
Aufgabe: Salvadoran Poetry Feature
Here in this silence that gives cathedrals no solace / resplendent machetes that bore no bitterness transit still / ring. / How many of our priests warned of… More
Good Kisser
Why the reticence between two strangers diminishes / is for astronomers to interpret. / They do say that in me you will find anchor. / They do say… More