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PEN Appeal: Ramazan Yesergepov
February 25, 2009 Mr. Nursultan Abish-uly Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office of the President 11 Mira Street Astana 473000 Kazakhstan Mr. Amanzhol Zhankuliyev Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan Permanent Mission to the United Nations… More
Editor Seized from Hospital Remains Detained
International PEN protests the detention of Ramazan Yesergepov, editor-in-chief of the weekly Alma-Ata Info, who was taken from his hospital bed on January 6, 2009 and continues to be… More
PEN Appeal: Philo Ikonya and Fwamba N C Fwamba
February 25, 2009 The Honorable Mwai Kibaki C.G.H. M.P President of Kenya Office of the President PO Box 30510-00100 Nairobi Kenya Fax: +254-20-313600 Major General Mohamed Hussein Ali, M.G.H. Commissioner of Police PO Box 30083 Nairobi Kenya Fax: +254-20-240955 Your Excellencies, On behalf… More
PEN Appeal: Tohti Tunyaz
February 25, 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 Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu… More
PEN Appeal: Mosaad Suleiman Hassan
February 25, 2009 His Excellency Mohammad Hosni Mubarak President of the Republic of Egypt Heliopolis Egypt Fax: + 202 390 1998 His Excellency Dr. Mamdouh Muheiddin Marei Minister of Justice Magles El Shaab St Justice Bldg Cairo, Egypt Fax:… More
Detained Writer Ill-Treated
International PEN is seriously concerned about reports that leading Internet writer, poet, human rights defender and member of the pro-democracy group Bloc 8406, Ho Thi Bich Khuong, has been… More
On Normance
Céline's notoriety, which began with the literary scandal of his first novel, Journey To The End Of The Night, took a more concrete turn after World War II. Having… More
Writers Decry Detentions During Clinton Visit to China
Writers reacted angrily to reports that members of the Independent Chinese PEN Center and other leading Chinese intellectuals have been confined to their homes or had their movements and… More
PEN Executive Director to Step Down on June 30
Executive Director Michael Roberts announced today in a letter to the PEN membership that he would conclude his service as Executive Director at the end of the current program… More
On Translating Fernando del PasoOn Translating Fernando del Paso
This labor of love was, to quote our editor, “herculean.” The length was not so much the issue as Fernando del Paso’s encyclopedic knowledge that covers an endless array… More
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