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PEN Appeal: Vladimir Neklyaev
December 21, 2010 Alyaksandr G. Lukashenka President of the Republic of Belarus Karl Marx Str. 38 220016 g. Minsk Belarus Fax: + 375 172 26 06 10 or +375 172 22 38 72 Dear President Lukashenka, On… More
Belarus Pen Offices Searched and Equipment Seized
PEN International has learned that on December 28, the Belarus PEN Center’s office in Minsk was raided, and computers and papers were seized. This action is part of a… More
PEN Appeal: Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem
December 15, 2010 His Highness Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah Emir of the State of Kuwait Al-Diwan al-Amiri Al-Safat Kuwait City Kuwait Fax: +965 539 3069 His Excellency Ahmed al-Baqir Minister of Jusice P.O. Box 6 Safat 13001 Kuwait Fax: +965 243… More
Journalist and Blogger Mohammed Abdulqader Al-Jassem Imprisoned
PEN International is deeply concerned about the one-year prison sentence handed down to Kuwaiti writer, journalist, and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem on November 22, 2010, for an article he… More
PEN American Center Announces PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced today the creation of the PEN/ESPN Lifetime Achievement Award for Literary Sports Writing,… More
PEN American Center Pays Tribute to Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
PEN American Center today congratulated imprisoned writer Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the ceremony celebrating him as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, calling his courage “inspirational” and vowing… More
PEN International Reiterates Call to Release Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Awarded
Today in Oslo, PEN International has reiterated its call, echoed by writers, journalists and essayists, as well as political and civic leaders around the world, for the immediate and… More
Jailed Newspaper Editor Reportedly Beaten and Placed in Solitary Confinement
PEN International is deeply concerned by reports that Nikol Pashinyan, jailed opposition politician and editor of the newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak (Armenian Times), was beaten while in prison and placed… More
PEN Appeal: Nikol Pashinyan
December 8, 2010 His Excellency Serzh Sargsyan President of the Republic of Armenia Office of the President Marshal Bagharmaina St 26 375077 Yerevan Armenia Fax: + 374 10 521 581 Gevorg Danielyan Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice… More
PEN Appeal: Nasrin Sotoudeh
November 30, 2010 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street, Qom Islamic Republic of Iran Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani Howzeh… More