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PEN Appeal: Zhu Yufu
January 25, 2012 President of the People’s Republic of China His Excellency Hu Jintao State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More
PEN Appeal: Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda
January 25, 2012 His Excellency the President Mahinda Rajapaksa Presidential Secretariat Colombo 1 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2446657 Mr. Mohan Peiris Attorney General Attorney General’s Department Colombo 12 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 11 2 436421 Dr. Palitha… More
Two-Year Anniversary of the Disappearance of Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda
On January 24, 2010, Pregeeth Ekanaliyagoda was abducted and has not been heard from since. No thorough and credible investigation into his case. More
Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Ten years after the first detainees of America’s war on terrorism arrived at Guantanamo Bay, we must ask ourselves: What needs to be done to repair the damage caused… More
PEN Member Walter Dean Myers Appointed National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
PEN Member Walter Dean Myers has been named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, a position created by the Library of Congress and the Children’s Book Council to… More
PEN Appeal: Enoh Meyomesse
January 24, 2012 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Hon. Minister of Justice Amadou Ali Ministry of Justice Yaoundé Cameroon Fax: +237 22 23 00 05 Prime Minister Mr. Philemon Yang Fax: +237 22 23… More
PEN Appeal: Pham Minh Hoang
January 24, 2012 President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Manh Minister of Foreign Affairs 1 Ton… More
Moving Forward, Looking Backward
httpv://youtu.be/siXPcM0Jn_U Ten years after the first detainees of America’s war on terrorism arrived at Guantanamo Bay, we must ask ourselves: What needs to be done to repair the damage caused… More
Internet Writer Released
French-Vietnamese university teacher and Internet writer Pham Minh Hoang was released on January 13, 2012. More
Protests and Post-it Pasties: Transition in Burma
This was my fifth time to Burma. I had come to cover Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s release from house arrest and reports of a thaw in the military… More
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