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PEN Appeal: Alan Shadrake

November 17, 2010 Office of the Prime Minister Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Orchard Road Istana Singapore 238823 Fax: +633 28 983/+683 56 621 Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN… More

British Author Alan Shadrake Imprisoned

British author Alan Shadrake was handed down a six-week prison sentence by the high court in Singapore today for allegedly “scandalizing the judiciary” in his book, Once a Jolly… More

PEN Appeal: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

November 16, 2010 Senior General Than Shwe Chairman, State Peace and Development Council c/o Ministry of Defense Naypyitaw Union of Myanmar Dear General, On behalf of the 3,500 members of PEN American Center, an international organization… More

Egyptian Blogger Kareem Amer Released from Prison

PEN welcomes the news that 26-year-old blogger and PEN American Center Honorary Member Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, better known as Kareem Amer, was finally released from prison Monday evening,… More

Lawyer and Writer Attacked; Fears for Safety

Lawyer and writer Muhannad al-Hassani, who is serving a three-year prison sentence in Adra prison, Damascus, for his human rights work and writings, was attacked and severely beaten on… More

PEN Appeal: Jaafar Alsabki Ibrahim

November 15, 2010 H.E. President Omar Al Bashir Office of the President People’s Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum Fax: +249 183 774339 Mohamed Atta Al-Moula Abbas Director of the NISS NISS Headquarters Khartoum Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,500 members… More

Journalists Detained, Fears for Safety

Jaafar Alsabki Ibrahim, a Darfuri journalist working for the opposition newspaper Al-Sahafa, was reportedly arrested on November 3, 2010, amid a wave of arrests of Darfuri media workers and… More