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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

Khalifa

KhalifaHear me:You, the elder,the “good man”, who “safeguards justice”(so you have always declared),if I were to make excuses for you,I, for you,for the things you have done,I would only… 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

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