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Re-Trial Ordered of Jailed Human Rights Defenders, Writers, and Bloggers
Academic, blogger, and human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace and human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja remain in detention after an appeals court ordered a re-trial of their case and… More
PEN Appeal: Abduljalil Al-Singace and Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
May 1, 2012 King of Bahrain His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Minister of Justice and Islamic… More
Translation Matters at the 2012 PEN World Voices Festival
PEN World Voices is a festival of international literature, so translation plays a role in nearly every panel, since the work of most of these writers from around the… More
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
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 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
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