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Sick Editor Transferred to Remote Prison; Concerns for Health
International PEN is seriously concerned about the health and well being of Le Canard Déchaîné editor Abdoulaye Tiémogo, who contracted malaria after being imprisoned in August 2009. More
Crackdown Persists
International PEN is alarmed by another wave of arrests in Vietnam, in which a number of writers and activists have been arrested in recent weeks for their dissenting views… More
Amazon.com Awards Grant to PEN American Center
PEN American Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from amazon.com to further develop its online communication resources and mobilize forces for freedom of expression throughout the world. This… More
PEN Presses Yale to Restore Images to Book on Cartoon Controversy
PEN American Center has sent a letter to the President of Yale University and the Board of the Yale Corporation urging the University to review a decision to remove… More
Two Editors Jailed for A Year
International PEN protests the one-year prison sentence handed to newspaper editors Ibrahim Mohamed Ali and Asrat Wedajo on August 24, 2009 for their coverage of sensitive issues. They were… More
Writers Freed in Afghanistan, China
PEN welcomes the release of journalist Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, who had originally been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Afghanistan, and Ilham Tohti, a member of the Uighur PEN… More
Six Journalists Pardoned and Released
International PEN welcomes the September 3, 2009 release of the six Gambian journalists who were given a two-year prison sentence last month for sedition and defamation after they criticized… More
Tamil Journalist Sentenced to 20 Years’ Imprisonment
International PEN is appalled by the 20-year prison sentence handed down to Tamil journalist Jayaprakash Sittampalam (J. S.) Tissainayagam, under anti-terror legislation for his writing and publishing activities. He… More
Atomic Warfare
In 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented fourth term. In April, 1945, Roosevelt died in office and was succeeded by Vice-President Harry Truman. One of Truman’s… More
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