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Poet and Writer Arrested; Fears for Safety
PEN International is deeply concerned about the arrests of poet and student Ayat Al-Gormezi (f), and writer and journalist Abbas Al- Murshid, who have been held since March 30… More
Body of Disappeared Journalist Found
PEN International protests the murder of La Verdad de Jáltipan columnist Noel López Olguín, whose body was found in Veracruz state on June 1, 2011, following his abduction on… More
PEN Appeal: Hada, Xinna, and Uiles
June 6, 2011 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Her Excellency Ms. Wu Aiying Minister of Justice 10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie Chaoyang-qu Beijing-shi 100020 P.R. China Your Excellencies, On behalf of… More
PEN Appeal: Syed Saleem Shahzad
June 6, 2011 President Asif Ali Zardari Office of the President Constitution Avenue Islamabad Pakistan Fax: +92 51 920 3938 / 920 1968 Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Pakistan Secretariat Constitution Avenue Islamabad Pakistan Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,500 members… More
PEN Appeal: Wilfred Iván Ojeda Peralta
June 2, 2011 Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías Presidente Ministerio del Poder Popular del Despacho de la Presidencia Final Avenida Urdaneta, Esq. de Bolero Palacio de Miraflores Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela Fax: + 58 (212) 806… More
PEN Appeal: Bondarenko, Khalip, Neklyaev, Fiaduta, Severinets
June 2, 2011 Alyaksandr G. Lukashenka President of the Republic of Belarus Karl Marx Str. 38 220016 g. Minsk Belarus Fax: + 375 172 26 06 10 or +375 172 22 38 72 Your Excellency, On behalf… More
Leading Journalist and Writer Murdered
PEN International is shocked and saddened by the death of journalist and author Syed Saleem Shahzad, bureau chief of the Asia Times Online and author of the newly published… More
Dostoevsky in the Ruins
I was watching a while ago a TV news program in which there was a view of Tehran after the air raid by Iraq, and the camera was panning,… More
Journalist-Activist Shot Dead
PEN International protests the murder of political columnist and activist Wilfred Iván Ojeda Peralta, who was abducted in La Victoria, Aragua state, on May 16, 2011, and found dead… More