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On Writing
A young student once wrote to the French novelist André Gide to ask him whether he should try to become a writer. “Only if you have to,” answered Gide,… More
Congress Fails to Protect Reader Privacy Again
Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and authors today expressed frustration and disappointment at the decision by Congress yesterday to reauthorize the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for… More
Writers and Journalists Sentenced
Writers and journalists who had been detained in Belarus on December 19, 2010, following demonstrations against the flawed presidential elections, have now been sentenced. More
PEN Appeal: Ahmad Qatamesh
May 26, 2011 Major-General Avi Mizrahi Commander of the IDF – West Bank GOC Central Command Military Post 01149 Battalion 877 Israel Defense Forces, Israel Fax: +972 2 530 5741 / 530 5724 Ehud Barak Deputy Prime Minister… More
PEN Appeal: Jesús Lemus Barajas
May 25, 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: (+ 52… More
Writer and Academic Detained Without Charge
Prominent Palestinian writer and academic Dr. Ahmad Qatamesh has been held without charge by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank since April 21, 2011. More
Two Sentenced for Murder of Anastasiya Baburova and Stanislav Markelov
PEN International welcomes the conviction and sentencing of two people in connection to the 2009 double murder of freelance journalist Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov, in… More
Online Editor Sentenced and Released
On May 16, 2011, Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the online press agency Net Press, was released and acquitted of treason, though he was sentenced to eight months in prison… More
PEN Announces Barbara Kingsolver Partnership for Socially Engaged Fiction Prize
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today that it will assume administration of the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged… More
PEN Appeal: César Levano and Arturo Belaúnde
May 20, 2011 Dr. Alan García Pérez Presidente de la República del Perú Jr. de la Unión S/N 1ra. Cuadra, Cercado de Lima Lima, Peru Fax: +51 1 311 3940 Your Excellency, On behalf of the… More
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