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PEN Appeal: Abdul-Jalil Alsingace
March 9, 2011 His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O.Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Sheikh Khalid bin Ali… More
The Most Economical Caribbean Paradises …
And it isn’t Tobago … More
Renewed Crackdown on Dissidents and Activists; Fears for Safety
Over 100 human rights defenders and activists have reportedly been harassed, intimidated, or detained and a number of foreign journalists have been assaulted in a targeted campaign to suppress… More
Writer Ye Du Detained; Fears for Safety
Wu Wei (pen name Ye Du), the webmaster and Network Coordinator of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), is being held under residential surveillance for "inciting subversion of state… More
PEN Appeal: Ye Du, Teng Biao, Ran Yunfei
March 4, 2011 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 People’s Republic of China Meng Jianzhu Minister of Public Security Gong’anbu 14 Dongchang’anjie Dongchengqu Beijingshi 100741 People's Republic of China Your… More
China’s Domestic and International Free Expression Obligations
In the past month, as the world’s attention has been riveted by events in North Africa and the Middle East, the government of China has moved aggressively to restrict… More
PEN Appeal: Ivanov, Sidorov, Skryl, Shchekochikhin, and Kochetkov
March 2, 2011 Mr. Dmitry Medvedev President of the Russian Federation Kremlin Moscow Russia Fax: +7 095 206 5173 Mr. Chaika Yuri Yakovlevich Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Ishaya Dmitrovka 1… More
Investigations Re-Opened into the Murders of Five Journalists
RUSSIAPEN International welcomes a pledge by Russian investigators to re-open investigations into the cases of five murdered journalists. Valery Ivanov, Natalia Skryl, Aleksei Sidorov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, and Vagif Kochetkov… More
Investigations Re-Opened into the Murders of Five Journalists
Russian investigators have pledged to re-open investigations into the cases of murdered journalists Valery Ivanov, Natalia Skryl, Aleksei Sidorov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, and Vagif Kochetkov. More