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Eynulla Fatullayev Convicted on Drug Charge
International PEN urges Azerbaijan to immediately comply with the European Court of Human Rights’ ruling that journalist Eynulla Fatullayev be released from prison. More
PEN Appeal: Hossein Derakhshan
October 5, 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 Fax: +98 21 64 95 880 Head… More
Iranian-Canadian Journalist Hossein Derakhshan Sentenced
International PEN condemns the 19.5-year sentence handed down to Iranian-Canadian journalist and blogger Hossein Derakhshan by a Revolutionary Court on September 29, 2010. Derakhshan has been held since November… More
PEN American Center President Presses Case of Liu Xiaobo for 2010 Nobel
PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah last night renewed his call to the Nobel Committee to recognize Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo with this year’s Peace Prize, telling an… More
Two More Journalists Released, Exiled to Spain
With the release of two more Cuban writers imprisoned since 2003 , a total of 18 Cuban writers have now been freed and exiled since July 12, under a… More
Trial of Publisher Ragıp Zarakolu and Writer Mehmet Güler, First Hearing on Sept 30
Ragip Zarakolu, publisher and free expression activist, is on trial again for publishing another book by author Mehmet Güler. The books is seen to support the banned Kurdish Worker’s… More
Leading Writers Unite in Fight for Free Expression
PEN International, the worldwide community of writers and foremost advocate for free expression, meets in Tokyo this week to urge increased campaigning on behalf of silenced and imprisoned colleagues.… More
Roxana Robinson Reads from The Little School Tales of Disappearance and Survival
Last time I heard my full name it was at Army headquarters, the evening of the day I was kidnapped. The military man repeated it in a calm and… More
Kathy Park Hong Reads from “The Flowers of Hell” by Nguyen Chi Thien
In the Jungle Night a Bird CallsIn the jungle night a strange bird callsFollowed by a guard’s tripping shoe soundsA patrol flashlight beams here and thereFrom the cells come… More
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