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U.S. State Department to Issue Visa to Kurdish Human Rights Advocate
[caption id="attachment_603" align="alignnone" width="300" caption=" "][/caption] We have just learned that Kerim Yildiz, executive director of the London-based Kurdish Human Rights Projects and a leading speaker and advisor on Kurdish rights issues,… More
PEN Appeal: Tran Duc Thach and Nguyen Van Tinh
October 3, 2011 His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Minister of Public Security Lt Gen Tran Dai Quang Ministry of Public… More
PEN Appeal: Abduljalil Al-Singace and Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
September 30, 2011 King of Bahrain His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain. Fax: +973 176 64 587 Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs Sheikh… More
Writers Amnestied
Writers Tran Duc Thach and Nguyen Van Tinh were released under amnesty after being detained in Vietnam in violation of Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and… More
Joyful Noise: A Conversation with Giovanni Singleton
I enjoyed the act of creation, of calling the unseen, the unknown, into being. Writing is power, as is literacy. Both are gateways to connecting with a sense of… More
Translating a Local Revolution
So much of the political side of PEN’s work is concerned, quite appropriately, with struggles for freedom taking place around the globe; but this week I spent a good… More
Selected Poems
what is want what is need / what’s sweat without the breeze / my stepfather would say / in his wide brimmed hat staring / at how… More
Sentences Upheld Against Jailed Human Rights Defenders, Writers, and Bloggers
The life sentences of academic, blogger, and human rights activist Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace and human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja for their peaceful opposition activities have been confirmed on appeal… More
An Exhilarating Vertige
Salsa, a collection of 46 poems by the Taiwanese poet Hsia Yü, is an incredible volume of verse by one of the most engaging and innovation poets writing in… More
Off to Eternity
Distinguishing feature: the stiff, shuffling walk of circus people with bones once broken in a daredevil stunt. And the vest he wore was of the kind that is only… More
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