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PEN International Condemns Detention of Independent Chinese PEN Center Webmaster
PEN International protests in the strongest possible terms the detention on criminal charges of Wu Wei (pen name Ye Du), who is the webmaster and Network Coordinator of the… More
Chinese Writers React to Crackdown
The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) today released a statement reacting to a wave of arrests of its members in China, including renowned lawyer Teng Biao and Ran Yunfei,… More
Second Writer Released and Allowed to Stay in Cuba; Three Still in Jail
Independent journalist and librarian Iván Hernández Carrillo was released on February 19, 2011, after nearly eight years' imprisonment. More
Suheir Hammad: also libya
also libyano one tells youif anyone does you do not listen anywayif you do still you do not understandno one tells you how to be freethere is fire in… More
Announcing the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival
More than 100 writers from 40 countries will convene for the seventh annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, celebrating the transformative power of the writer’s voice—both on… More
PEN Appeal: Anniversary of Crackdown in Belarus
February 22, 2011 Alyaksandr G. Lukashenka President of the Republic of Belarus Karl Marx Str. 38 220016 g. Minsk Belarus Fax: + 375 172 26 06 10 / +375 172 22 38 72 Your Excellency, On… More
PEN Appeal: Héctor Fernando Maseda Gutiérrez and Iván Hernández Carrillo
February 23, 2011 Raúl Castro Ruz Presidente c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington, DC 20009 Fax: (202) 797-8521 General Abelardo Coloma Ibarra Ministro del Interior y Prisiones c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington,… More
PEN Sounds Alarm Over Treatment of Jailed Nobel Laureate’s Wife in China
PEN American Center expressed extreme concern today for the well-being of Liu Xia, wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who has been completely isolated since October… More
Blogger and Poet Sentenced
Blogger, poet, and high school student Tal Al-Mallouhi was handed down a five-year sentence on February 14, 2011, on the charge of "divulging information to a foreign state." More
PEN Appeal: Tal Al-Mallouhi
February 18, 2011 His Excellency Bashar al-Assad President Presidential Palace al-Rashid Street Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Fax: +963 11 332 3410 Major Sa’id Mohamed Samour Minister of Interior Ministry of Interior ‘Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar Street Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic Fax: +963… More
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