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The Road Weeps, The Well Runs Dry
HALF GEORGE: Gone? (beat.) O. This bout your Sweet Tea ain’t it? Well, chicks come home to roost. What can I say that I ain’t thought before: my boy… More
Internet Writers Released
Internet writers Ahmed Mansoor and Nasser Bin Gheith were released on November 28, 2011, under a presidential pardon, a day after they had been convicted and sentenced to three… More
PEN Appeal: Dzamshid Karimov
December 2, 2011 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam A. Karimov Rezidentsiya Prezidenta Ul. Uzbekistaniskaia 43 Tashkent Uzbekistan Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Sayora Rashidova 700008 g. Tashkent pl. Mustqkillik, 2 Oliy Majlis Respubliki Uzbekistan Fax: +998 71 139 8555 Your… More
Three Poems
I admit, / I’m an unnecessarily handsome / knockabout, nightly drunk to no apparent / effect. But, it’s nice to be worried about. / It’s almost like being cared… More
Journalist Dzamshid Karimov Released from Detention in Psychiatric Hospital
Dissident journalist Dzamshid Karimov was reportedly released on November 6, 2011, following five years’ detention in a psychiatric facility. More
PEN Appeal: Pham Minh Hoang
December 2, 2011 President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Minister of Public Security Lt Gen Tran Dai Quang Ministry of Public… More
Internet Writer’s Sentence Reduced
The sentence of university teacher and Internet writer Pham Minh Hoang has been reduced by an appeals court from three years to 17 months. More
PEN Appeal: Ahmed Mansoor and Nasser Bin Gheith
December 2, 2011 Vice-President and Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Co-Chair of the Higher National Security Council Office of the Prime Minister POB 2838, Dubai, UAE Fax: +971 4 3531974 Minister of Interior Lt-General Sheikh… More
Writer Rafiq Tagi Dies in Hospital Following Violent Attack
Rafiq Tagi, an Azerbaijani writer and longstanding critic of political Islam, died after suffering multiple stab wounds in an attack in the Azerbaijani capital on November 19, 2011. More
Occupy Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center was on lockdown last night after the New York Police Department erected heavy metal barricades all around the Center, even blocking off its small side entrances. Lincoln… More
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