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Uighur Writer and PEN Member Detained
PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of writer, academic, and Uighur PEN member Ilham Tohti, who was reportedly arrested in Beijing on July 7, 2009 after speaking out… More
PEN Appeal: Ilham Tohti
July 14, 2009 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Nur Bekri Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional People’s Government 2 Zhongshaniu Wulumuqishi 830041 Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu P.R. China … More
Author Nedim Gürsel Acquitted of “Humiliating” Religion
International PEN is pleased to learn of the June 25, 2009 acquittal of Nedim Gürsel, who was on trial for his book Daughters of Allah. More
Coixí de cascalls
Deep Seine, coursing/ quick under melancholy bridges,/ you bathe the City isle/ where Notre-Dame’s square towers reign,/ a breath of crystal. More
Narcis Comadira: On Evolution/Revolution
Into something rich and strange—William ShakespeareTriumph of LifeSpeak, life, whence do you surge?What powerful urgecan wake your brief corein the most imperceptiblehard residue of stone?From the mineral dust thatstirs,… More
Conversation
You can’t believe the kind of thingmy kind go on about, and I in turn can’tunderstand the way your lot continuallyshout, and shout each other down, and eat as… More
Translation Slam: Poetry and Protests
Inspired by live translation slams that proved to be audience favorites at the Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival, and again at PEN World Voices, PEN’s Online Translation Slam… More
Newspaper Editor Released
International PEN welcomes the early release of La Verdad editor Milton Chacaguasay Flores, who had been imprisoned since November 2008 for allegedly libeling a judge. Chacaguasay was reportedly freed… More
Wrong Decision
CAST OF CHARACTERSRobert: picked to do a “hit” on one of his fellow gang members, who has used up drugs belonging to the gangDavid: member of the same gang,… More
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