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PEN Statement on the Murder of Chechen Anti-Separatist Poet Ruslan Akhtakhanov
On November 15, 2011, Ruslan Akhtakhanov, a prominent Chechen poet, was shot dead in Moscow in what the authorities believe to be a contract killing. More
Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire
A sleepy town surrounded by pine forests and tumbledown farms, seventy miles north of Houston, Huntsville was selected in 1848 to build the state’s first residential institution, a penitentiary.… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Today marks the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, a yearly commemoration of writers around the world who have been imprisoned, harassed, or even silenced completely by death.… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Today, PEN International will mark the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day of action intended to recognize and support writers who have resisted repression of… More
Another Blogger Murdered and Decapitated By the Cartels
Yet another blogger was murdered and decapitated by a Mexican drugs gang for writing about their crimes. More
PEN Appeal: Rascatripas
November 15, 2011 Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+… More
PEN Calls for Press Freedom at Occupy Sites
PEN American Center and PEN International today condemned restrictions on press coverage of police crackdowns on Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York and elsewhere, calling the arrests of… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
[caption id="attachment_2757" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Photo by cccefalon via Wikimedia Commons"][/caption] Today marks the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, a yearly commemoration of writers around the world who have… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Today, PEN International will mark the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day of action intended to recognize and support writers who have resisted repression of… More
Yellow Face
Even when I didn’t know anything more about America than I saw in Shanghai at the movies—even then, I knew my real life wasn’t the one I was living… More
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