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PEN Condemns Sentencing of Journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran
PEN American Center condemned the 13-year sentence handed down to Iranian-Canadian journalist and playwright Maziar Bahari in absentia on May 9, calling the action by the Tehran Revolutionary Court… More
A Time for Everything
That afternoon the sea reached the valley.They stood at the top of the steep mountain face and watched it happen. When they’d got there, tipped off by Javan and… More
Call for Appeals on Death of Journalist Germain S. Ngota Ngota
International PEN is outraged at the news of newspaper editor Germain S. Ngota Ngota’s death on April 22, 2010, while incarcerated in Kondegui prison in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé. … More
Dissident Writer’s Health Declining
International PEN is seriously concerned about the deteriorating health of imprisoned activist and dissident writer Hu Jia, who was hospitalized for tests in late March 2010. More
Memories of the Decadence
During the Decadence we gave up sexual intercourse, substituting for it various kinds of fetishism. We refined our tastes, narrowing their range and fantastically increasing their complexity. Certain people… More
PEN Appeal: Hu Jia
May 6, 2010 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,400 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More
PEN Appeal: Germain S. Ngota Ngota
May 6, 2010 President Paul Biya Fax: +237 22 22 08 70 Mr. Amadou Ali Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Fax: +237 22 23 00 05 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,400… More
Of Course and Utensils Shrink
Of Coursehe won’t tell you his whole lifein three hours or in three days, evenif he really wantedto show you that he likes youand trusts you. There’s justno way… More
PEN Appeal: Mohammed Attaoui
May 4, 2010 Abbas El Fassi Prime Minister Département du Premier Ministre Palais Royal Touarga Rabat, Morocco Fax: +212 5377 69995 Abdelwahed Radi Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Place Mamounia, Rabat Morocco Fax: +212 537 72 37 10 /+212 537 73… More
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