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PEN to President Obama: Stand for Press Freedom in Ethiopia During G-8 Summit
PEN American Center has sent a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the administration to challenge Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on his… More
Writer and Thinker Arrested; Fears for Safety
Writer and thinker Salama Kila was arrested on April 23, 2012 for his writings about the recent events taking place in Syria. More
Journalist Found Dead 24 Hours After Being Reported Missing
René Orta Salgado, a former reporter for El Sol de Cuernavaca, was found dead in the trunk of his car on May 13, 2012. More
Writer and Thinker Released and Deported
Writer and thinker Salama Kila was released on May 13, 2012, and deported to Jordan. Kila was reportedly subjected to torture while in detention. More
Julian Sanchez: On Fiction and Surveillance
"When we talk about surveillance and privacy—perhaps more than any other political question—we speak a language borrowed from fiction." More
Julian Sanchez: On Fiction and Surveillance
[caption id="attachment_11940" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Julian Sanchez © Susan Morgan/PEN American Center"][/caption] At this year's PEN World Voices Festival, the panel Life in the Panopticon: Thoughts on Freedom in an Era… More
Provisional
But straight away she hunches her shoulders, shivering. What a preposterous comparison, unusable in a short story: the odour here is not one of rotting seaweed, but rather the… More
Eskinder Nega’s Verdict Postponed
PEN American Center President Peter Godwin issued the following statement in response to the announcement by the Federal High Court in Addis Ababa that it was postponing issuing a… More
Heroic Ethiopian Journalist Eskinder Nega, Turkish Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Honored
Edward Albee, Margaret Atwood, E.L Doctorow, Zadie Smith, and Kwame Anthony Appiah were among the more than 500 PEN luminaries and supporters who joined last night in honoring Eskinder… More
Investigative Journalist Murdered in Veracruz
Regina Martínez, a correspondent for the investigative news magazine Proceso, was found dead at her home in Veracruz state on April 28, 2012. More