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Mayor Bloomberg Declares Next Week PEN American Center Week
Now therefore, I , Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, in recognition of this important event, do hereby proclaim April 30th-May 6th, 2012 in the… More
PEN Joins Call for Release of Pussy Riot Band Members
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been held since March 4, and Ekaterina Samusevich since March 15. By the next trial hearing, they will have been held for well… More
Magazines, Small Presses, and Poetry Online
Also, in Poets.org related news, congratulations to Matthew Rasmussen for winning the 2012 Walt Whitman Award! Matt’s “book-length collection of poems Black Aperture, which will be published in the… More
Little Lady of My Heart
Shoe polish before / News from home / Up to the drawn- / In knee where your / Eye socket trusts / Off-shade / On purpose, don’t / They… More
Pen Joins Call for Release of Pussy Riot Band Members
Background Information On February 21, four members of the all-female punk rock band Pussy Riot entered the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, wearing brightly colored outfits and balaclavas masking their faces. For… More
PEN Appeal: Décio Sá
April 25, 2012 Federal Minister of Justice Exmo. Ministro Sr. José Eduardo Cardozo Ministério da Justiça Esplanada dos Ministérios, Bloco "T", 70712-902 - Brasília/DF Brasil Fax: + 55 61 3322 6817/ 3224 3398 Federal Human… More
Activist and Journalist Nargess Mohammadi Summoned to Serve Six-Year Sentence
Human rights activist and journalist Nargess Mohammadi is in detention, having been summoned to serve a six-year prison term on April 21, 2012. More
PEN Appeal: Nargess Mohammadi
April 25, 2012 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street Qom Islamic Republic of Iran Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani c/o Public… More
Reporter Décio Sá Shot to Death in Suspected Contract Killing
Brazilian journalist Décio Sá., a reporter for local newspaper O Estado do Maranhão, was shot to death by an unidentified man in what appears to have been a contract… More
PEN Appeal: Habib Ali al-Maatiq
April 24, 2012 The Custodian of the two Holy Mosques His Majesty King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Office of His Majesty the King Royal Court Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Fax: (via… More
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