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Beauty Was the Case
The brand new Summer issue of the poetry/art publication Sixth Finchis up. Editor Rob MacDonald feeds your brain. More
The PEN World Voices Festival Joins the Word Alliance
The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature in New York has joined the six other international Literary Festivals which make up the ground-breaking Word Alliance, which was formed… More
Blogger Nguyen Van Hai Reportedly Critically Injured in Prison; Concerns for Safety
PEN International is alarmed at unconfirmed reports that journalist and blogger Nguyen Van Hai (aka Dieu Cay) has lost a hand in prison. More
Hrant Dink’s Killer Sentenced to Over 22 Years in Prison; Other Trials Continue
Last week, on July 25, 2011, Ogün Samast was convicted and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months in prison for the “premeditated murder” of Turkish-Armenian editor… More
Journalist Abducted and Murdered in Veracruz State
PEN International protests the abduction and murder in Veracruz state of Notiver journalist Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, whose decapitated body was found on July 26, 2011, two days… More
Writers Released Under Amnesty
PEN International welcomes the release of several dissident writers as part of a presidential amnesty announced on June 2, 2011. Protestors had called for the release of all political… More
Editor and Priest Nguyen Van Ly Returned to Prison; Health Concerns
PEN International protests the re-arrest of editor and Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly on July 25, 2011. Nguyen Van Ly had been on medical leave from an eight-year prison… More
One Journalist Killed, Two Threatened
PEN International protests the murder of El Heraldo de Urabá and Urabá al Día journalist Luis Eduardo Gómez, who was shot dead in front of his wife in Arboletes,… More
Bbc Journalist Released on Bail
PEN International welcomes the news that Urinboy Usmonov, who has worked for ten years for the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) Central Asian Service, has been released on bail. More
Writer and Journalist Released
PEN International welcomes the release on July 11, 2011, of writer and journalist Abbas Al- Murshid, who had been held since May 15, 2011, for his peaceful dissident activities. More
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