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Severe Setbacks for Freedom of Expression
International PEN is alarmed by a series of restrictions imposed on the media by the Venezuelan government over the last week that indicates a serious deterioration in the situation… More
PEN American Center Names Steven L. Isenberg as Executive Director
PEN American Center, the largest branch of International PEN—the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization—today announced the appointment of Steven L. Isenberg as Executive Director, effective immediately. More
PEN Appeal: Miguel ?ngel Gutiérrez ?vila
July 30, 2009 Lic. Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza Procurador General de la Républica c/o H.E. Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan Embassy of Mexico 1911 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, D.C. 20006 Fax: (202) 728-1698 Your Excellencies, On behalf of the 3,300… More
One Year On, Silence Surrounds Murder of Anthropologist
International PEN is seriously concerned about the apparent lack of progress in the investigation into the murder of anthropologist, author and indigenous rights activist Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Ávila. More
PEN Appeal: Milton Chacaguasay Flores
July 28, 2009 President Rafael Correa Palacio de Carondelet Garcia Moreno 1043 Entre Chile y Espejo Quito, Ecuador Fax: +593 2 258 0714 Minister Ab. Néstor Arbito Chica Ministro de Justicia y Derechos Humanos Av. Amazonas 4545… More
Editor Milton Chacaguasay Jailed Again
International PEN is outraged by the re-imprisonment of La Verdad editor Milton Chacaguasay Flores less than two months after he was released on parole. On July 9, 2009, Chacaguasay… More
Say You’re One of Them
That night, our home began to feel like an oven. We couldn’t sleep, even though we took off all our clothes.Once we locked up, a massive heat swallowed the… More
A Certain Man
His eyeteeth clap like his family / for an encore of southwest earth / wolfed with fever More
PEN Appeal: Martín Javier Miranda Avilés and Ernesto Montañez Valdivia
July 23, 2009 Lic. 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