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In America I’m not really a private person. No, I’m a public person. And a public person cannot write. More
PEN Letter of Support for Nomination of Liu Xiaobo
On January 29, 2010, 20 members of PEN American Center submitted a letter of support for Kwame Anthony Appiah's nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
Detained PEN Officer Zhao Shiying Released
PEN American Center has learned that Zhao Shiying, Secretary-General of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), has been allowed to return home after nearly two weeks in police custody.… More
PEN Celebrates Victory in Tariq Ramadan Case
PEN American Center welcomed the news today that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has signed orders effectively ending the exclusion of Swiss Scholar Tariq Ramadan from the United… More
Kwame Anthony Appiah Applauds State Department Actions to End Exclusion of Tariq Ramadan from U.S.
On January 20, 2010, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah issued the following statement applauding the end of the ideological exclusion from the United States of Swiss scholar Tariq… More
Writer and PEN Officer Zhao Shiying Detained in China
PEN American Center today condemned the detention of Zhao Shiying, Secretary General of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), who was taken from his home and had his personal… More
E.L. Doctorow Calls for Liu Xiaobo’s Release
Such events as this have been necessary for as long as I can remember. PEN Members marched around the Czech embassy to protest the jailing of Vaclav Havel. Twenty… More
Tamil Journalist J. S. Tissainayagam Released on Bail
PEN American Center welcomes the release on bail of Tamil journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam (J. S.) Tissainayagam from Welikada Prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 11, 2010. Tissainayagam, who… More
Writers Ring in New Year with Call to Free Liu Xiaobo
E.L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo, A.M. Homes, Edward Albee and dozens of other members of PEN American Center staged a New Year’s Eve rally this morning on the steps of… More
PEN President Appiah Calls Sentencing of Liu Xiaobo a Mockery and a Scandal
PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah issued the following statement in response to the conviction of writer and fellow PEN member Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced today by… More
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