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PEN to Secretary Clinton: Stand Up for Human Rights in Uzbekistan
On the eve of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s visit to Uzbekistan and in the midst of discussions in Congress on a bill that would waive restrictions on military and… More
Bbc Journalist Found Guilty, Released Under Amnesty Law
Urinboy Usmonov, journalist with the British Broadcasting Service’s Central Asian Service, has been found guilty of spreading Islamic propaganda through his reporting on the banned extremist group Hizb-ut-Tahir. More
PEN Appeal: Urinboy Usmonov
October 18, 2011 President Emomali Rahmon via Tajikistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dushanbe Rudaki 42 734051 Fax: 992 372 210 259 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization… More
Venezuelan PEN Challenges Country’s Human Rights Record at UN
[caption id="attachment_4223" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Popular Venezuelan newspapers. Photo by Cristobal Alvarado Minic."][/caption] Last Friday in Geneva, it was Venezuela’s turn to be examined by the Universal Periodic Review of the… More
Selected Poems
Could’ve got lost. Could have said, “I don’t know” / when the waitress asked, “Where you live at?” / You could have lied and said, “New Jersey” / or… More
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
We were fifteen and it was the first weekend after school started, and me and Jasmine were sitting side by side on one of Mr. Thompson’s ripped-up green-and-white lawn… More
Publishers on Trial
Two books by American authors are currently on trial in Turkey on obscenity charges which, if the law is strictly applied, could lead to imprisonment for their publishers and… More
PEN Welcomes Release of Burmese Comedian and Poet Zargana
PEN American Center is thrilled that Zargana, an Honorary Member of the center, has been released from prison following a general amnesty that saw 206 political prisoners released today… More
PEN Appeal: Irfan Sanci, Suha Sertabiboglu, Hasan Basri Çiplak, and Funda Uncu
October 12, 2011 Minister of Justice Mr. Sadullah Ergin 06669 Kizilay Ankara Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
Comedian and Poet Zargana Released
PEN International welcomes the release of leading comedian and poet Zargana as part of a widespread general amnesty. PEN calls for all restrictions against Zargana to be lifted, and… More
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