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Joe Speedboat
It’s been a warm spring. At school they’re praying for me, because I’ve been out of it for more than two hundred days. I’ve got bedsores all over my body… More
Two Journalists Dead; Five Missing
International PEN protests the deaths of two more Mexican print journalists and the reported disappearance of at least five others in March 2010. More
Publisher and Writer Face Imprisonment
Publisher Ragip Zarakolu and author Mehmet Güler, on trial in Turkey since May 2009, face prison sentences of up to seven and a half years for Güler’s novel More… More
Journalist J. S. Tissainayagam Freed
International PEN welcomes the release on bail of Tamil journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam (J. S.) Tissainayagam, who was detained in March 2008 and sentenced to 20 years in prison for… More
Newspaper Publisher Shot Dead
COLOMBIAInternational PEN protests in the strongest possible terms the murder of newspaper editor and publisher Clodomiro Castilla Ospina, who was shot dead in Montería, Córdoba, on March 19, 2010.… More
PEN Appeal: Eynulla Fatullayev
March 12, 2010 Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku AZ1066 Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 492 0625 Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Ministry of Internal Affairs Husu Hajiyev Street 7, 370005 Baku… More
PEN Appeal: Arun Singhaniya
March 12, 2010 Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers Singh Durbar Kathmandu, Nepal P.O. Box: 23312 Ministry of Home Affairs Singha Durbar Kathmandu Republic of Nepal Fax: +977 1 4211264 Your Excellencies, On… More
Leading Journalist Detained Without Charge; Health Concerns
International PEN protests the detention without charge of leading journalist and human rights activist Emadeddin Baghi. More
PEN Appeal: Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade
March 25, 2010 Ilham Aliyev Office of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku AZ1066 Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 492 0625 Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Ministry of Internal Affairs Husu Hajiyev Street 7, 370005 Baku… More
Editor and Priest Nguyen Van Ly Released
International PEN welcomes the release of editor and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly on March 15, 2010, on medical grounds. More
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