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Editor Held Illegally Given Second Prison Sentence on Same Charges
International PEN strongly protests the two-year prison sentence handed to online newspaper editor Hanevy Ould Dehah on February 4, 2010, for allegedly violating public decency, inciting revolt and “criminal… More
Editor Released
International PEN welcomes the release of online newspaper editor Hanevy Ould Dehah on February 26, 2010, following a presidential pardon. More
PEN Appeal: Taoufik Ben Brik
January 29, 2010 President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Palais Présidentiel Tunis, Tunisia Fax: +216 71 744 721 Minister of Justice and Human Rights Béchir Tekkari Ministry of Justice and Human Rights 31 boulevard Bab Benat Tunis 1019,… More
PEN Appeal: Hanevy Ould Dehah
February 23, 2010 Président de la République Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz Présidence de la République Islamique de Mauritanie B.P. 184 Nouakchott, Mauritania Fax : +222 525 98 01 Ministre de la Justice Limama Ould Teguedi B.P.… More
Newspaper Editor Jailed for Defamation
International PEN protests the one-year prison sentence handed down to Nor Oriente editor Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco on January 12, 2010, for alleged “aggravated defamation” of a local official in… More
PEN Appeal: Jorge Ochoa Martínez
February 11, 2010 Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+ 52… More
PEN Appeal: Alberto Velázquez López
February 4, 2010 Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850 DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+ 52… More
PEN Appeal: Valentín Valdés Espinosa
February 11, 2010 Felipe De Jesús Calderón Hinojosa Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos Residencia Oficial de los Pinos Casa Miguel Alemán Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11850, DISTRITO FEDERAL, México Fax: (+ 52… More
End of the Game
End of the GameThe lovers passed through, downcast, disgraced by their untimely rhapsodies. The alleys were left with no murmurs and no sound of footsteps. The soldiers passed by, shattered, weary on scrawny horses, faded rags of ousted… More
PEN Appeal: Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco
February 9, 2010 Presidente de la República del Perú Dr. Alan García Pérez Jr. de la Unión S/N 1ra. Cuadra Cercado de Lima, Lima, Peru Fax: +51 1 311 3940 Ministro de Justicia Dr.… More
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