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Former President of PEN International Wins 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature
Mario Vargas Llosa was named as this year's Nobel literature laureate at a ceremony today in Sweden. Vargas Llosa has been an active member of PEN for many years… More
Trial of Publisher Ragıp Zarakolu Postponed
Ragip Zarakolu is accused of spreading propaganda seen to support the banned Kurdish Worker’s Party (PKK), through his publication Mehmet Güler’s book, The KCK File/The Global State and Kurds… 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
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: Eynulla Fatullayev
October 6, 2010 President Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku AZ1066 Azerbaijan Fax: + 994 12 492 0625 Minister of Internal Affairs Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Ministry of Internal Affairs Husu… 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