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Journalist Acquitted After Three Years in Prison; Fears for Safety
El Tiempo journalist and director Jesús Lemus Barajas, jailed since May 2008, was finally acquitted of drug trafficking charges and released on May 11, 2011. More
PEN Appeal: Najati Tayara
May 18, 2011 His Excellency President Bashar al-Assad President of the Republic Presidential Palace Abu Rummaneh, Al-Rashid Street Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Fax: + 963 11 332 3410 His Excellency… More
PEN/Steven Kroll Award to Honor Author of an Illustrated Children’s Book
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today the establishment of the PEN/Steven Kroll Award Honoring the Author of an… More
Journalists Receive Pre-Election Death Threats
César Levano and Arturo Belaúnde, editor and president of the Board, respectively, of the daily newspaper La Primera, have both received death threats prior to the second round of… More
Writer Detained; Fears for Safety
Najati Tayara, a writer and editor who was covering the protests currently taking place across Syria, is being held incommunicado as of May 12, 2011. More
Book Community Urges Congress to Restore Safeguards for Bookstore and Library Records
With a key Patriot Act provision set to expire next week, the Campaign for Reader Privacy is asking supporters to urge their members of Congress to reject a six-year… More
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
The Fist of Empowerment2 April 2008Deep into the night, in pursuit of the westward escaping sun, we fly into a fogbank, where the cold Atlantic breakers curdle upon the… More
Wait, Blink
But: That’s not possible, her lecturer said. How do you expect the audience to see anything at all on a backlit screen? It’ll fade out the film and make… More
PEN Appeal: Abu Zara Al-Amin
March 18, 2011 H.E. President Omar Al Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum Sudan Fax: +249 183 774339 Mohamed Atta Al-Moula Abbas Director of the NISS NISS Headquarters Khartoum Sudan Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,500 members… More
Imprisoned Editor Faces Life Prison Sentence for “Treason”
On April 13, 2011, a Burundi state prosecutor requested a life sentence for Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the online press agency Net Press, for treason. More
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