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Another Journalist Murdered in Sonora State
Marco Antonio Ávila García, a reporter for newspapers Diario Sonora de la Tarde and El Regional de Sonora, was found dead on May 18, 2012. More
PEN Heading to Supreme Court
[caption id="attachment_12462" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="U.S. Supreme Court, photo by Matt H. Wade via WikiCommons"][/caption] The Supreme Court announced today that it will consider whether plaintiffs represented by the ACLU—a list… More
PEN Appeal: Salama Kila
May 21, 2012 Ambassador Imad Moustapha Embassy of Syria 2215 Wyoming Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 Fax: (202) 265-4585 Dear Ambassador Moustapha, On behalf of the 3,000 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More
PEN Appeal: René Orta Salgado
May 21, 2012 President Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+… More
PEN Appeal: Marco Antonio ?vila Garcia
May 21, 2012 President Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+… More
PEN Heading to Supreme Court in Warrantless Surveillance Case
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced that it will consider whether a case brought by PEN and a number of other human rights, labor, and media organizations challenging the… More
Angela Veronica Wong: Three Poems
When Elsa is angry she forgets about / stairs, about spiders about veins and / blood about time about coronations / about drunkenness. More
2010 PEN Translation Fund Recipient Daniel Brunet Presents Dea Loherƒ??s Bluebeard
Daniel Brunet received a PEN Translation Fund Award in 2010 to support his translation of Dea Loher’s play The Last Fire. He has continued to translate Loher’s work, and… More
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 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