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PEN Appeal: Sakit Zakhidov and Ali Hasanov
April 22, 2009 President Ilham Aliyev The President Palace 19 Istiqlaliyyat Street Baku, AZ1066 Republic of Azerbaijan Fax: + 994 12 492 0625 Lt.-Gen. Ramil Usubov Minister of Internal Affairs Ministry of… More
Journalists Released from Prison
International PEN welcomes the release of journalists Sakit Zakhidov and Ali Hasanov, who were both granted amnesty. PEN remains alarmed by the multiple attacks on freedom of expression in… More
Standing in the Midst of Change
These days, I call myself a young writer. Not only because I am determined to break away from my past works but also because I stopped writing and spent… More
PEN Appeal: Roxana Saberi
April 21, 2009 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Islamic Republic Street – Shahid Keshvar Doust Street Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Head… More
American-Iranian Journalist Sentenced
International PEN is seriously concerned by the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Iranian-American journalist and writer Roxana Saberi, and seeks information regarding the charges brought against her. More
변화의 중심에 서서
변화의 중심에 서서 나는 요즈음 청년작가라고 자처합니다. 언제나 과거의 작품들과 결별하겠다는 생각때문이기도 하지만, 사실상 ‘무기의 그늘’을 출간한 이래 15년 동안 절필하고 사회 봉사와 망명 투옥 등으로 보냈기 때문이지요. 본격적으로 다시… More
Golden Calves
Every year at the time of the Passover holiday this question starts itching me. What about the Golden Calf? I think that Passover is one of the best holidays… More
Liu Xiaobo to Receive Top PEN Honor
PEN American Center today named Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s preeminent dissident writers and activists and a leading figure in the PEN movement internationally, as the recipient of its… More
The Story of the Second Slap in the Face and the Tides of the World
I come home, my lips still stained with black chocolate icing, a splotch of golden pudding adorning my cheek and an overlooked streak of cherry juice remaining on my… More
How Does the World Change?
Who is changing the world? And to whose interest?Those super powers who own God, absolute truths, nuclear weapons, money, and media? Or millions of women, men, and children who… More
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