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Uyghur Journalist and Editor Sentenced
International PEN is appalled by the 15-year prison sentence handed down to Uyghur journalist and editor Hailaite Niyazi (aka Hairat or Gheyret Niyaz) on July 23, 2010. More
Move the Back of Your Heart Towards the Front of Your Heart
On Saturday, July 21, PEN American hosted poets Janaka Stucky and Ana Božičević at the second annual New York City Poetry Festival. More
Writers in U.S. and China Denounce Formal Arrest of Liu Xianbin
The case of writer and longtime activist Liu Xianbin was formally transferred to the Suining Municipal People's Procuratorate on July 21, 2010, invoking fears that he could face at… More
PEN Protests Heavy Sentence Against Uighur Journalist Gheyret Niyaz
PEN American Center denounced the conviction of Uighur journalist Gheyret Niyaz on charges of “endangering state security” on July 24, 2010, for discussing the ethnic unrest in the Xinjiang… More
PEN Appeal: Ragip Zarakolu and Mehmet Güler
July 27, 2010 Mr Sadullah Ergin Minister of Justice 06669 Kizilay Ankara, Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of… More
Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Back on Trial Again Alongside Writer Mehmet Güler
TURKEY Ragip Zarakolu, publisher and free expression activist, is on trial again for publishing another book by author Mehmet Güler. Both Zarakolu and Güiler are accused under the… More
Colombian Journalist Hollman Morris Granted Visa to Join Harvard Program
A prominent Colombian journalist who was once barred from the United States has been granted a visa to come to this country to study. PEN American Center, the American… More
PEN Appeal: Rodríguez, Hernández, Bárzaga, and Pulido
July 27, 2010 Raúl Castro Ruz Presidente c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington, DC 20009 Fax: (202) 797-8521 General Abelardo Coloma Ibarra Ministro del Interior y Prisiones c/o Cuban Interests Section 2639 16th St, NW Washington,… More
Tenth Journalist Released, Exiled to Spain
International PEN is pleased to note that four more Cuban independent journalists imprisoned since 2003 have been released, making a total of 10 freed since July 12, 2010. More
Susana Amaral’s The Hour of the Star
Great novels are seldom, if ever, successfully translated to the screen (Luchino Visconti’s film adaptation of Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s The Leopard is the one exception that immediately comes to… More
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