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After Meng Hao-jan
In winter I drink tea by the window / Stars shine through my reflection / Occasionally I go out and see if I might / Find another remote and… More
PEN Appeal: Sileshi Hagos and Eskinder Nega
September 28, 2011 Prime Minister Meles Zenawi P.O. Box 1031 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 155 20 30 Berhanu Hailu Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice P.O. Box 1370 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 11 551 7775/ 7755 Gebeyehu Workineh Federal Police… More
One Journalist Murdered, Another Missing
Primera Hora editor María Elizabeth Macías Castro's body was found decapitated in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, on September 24, 2011, while El Mañanero reporter Gabriel Manuel Fonseca Hernández went… More
PEN Appeal: María Elizabeth Macías Castro and Gabriel Manuel Fonseca Hernández
September 28, 2011 Lic. Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+… More
Two More Journalists Arrested Under Anti-Terrorism Legislation; Fears of Torture
Sileshi Hagos and Eskinder Nega were arrested on September 9 and 14, 2011, respectively, accused of involvement with the banned political party Ginbot 7. More
PEN Appeal: Abu Zara Al-Amin
September 14, 2011 H.E. President Omar Al Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace P.O. Box 281 Khartoum Sudan Fax: +249 183 782 541 / +249 183 774339 Minister of Justice Mr. Mohammed Bushara Dousa Ministry of Justice P.O. Box… More
PEN Appeal: Faranak Farid
September 20, 2011 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street Qom Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani Head of the Judiciary c/o Public… More
Four Poems from Salsa
God made the heaven and the earth and on the seventh day / Languid and no longer loving we drifted into the forest More
PEN Appeal: Lu Van Bay
September 21, 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
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