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PEN Appeal: Miguel Angel Villagómez Valle

October 20, 2008 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, México D.F. Fax: +52 55… More

PEN Appeal: Rangjung

October 17, 2008 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of… More

Songwriter Sentenced to Three Years’ Imprisonment

International PEN protests the three-year prison sentence and exorbitant fine imposed on the well-known singer-songwriter Lapiro de Mbanga (real name Pierre Roger Lambo Sandjo) on September 24, 2008 for… More

PEN Appeal: Adnan Hassanpour

October 16, 2008 His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street, Qom Islamic Republic of Iran Email: [email protected] His Excellency Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Ministry of Justice, Park-e Shahr Tehran, Islamic… More

Online Editor Jailed for Defamation

International PEN protests the three-week detention of Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the online press agency Net Press, who was arrested on September 11, 2008 and charged with defamation. More

PEN Appeal: Jean-Claude Kavumbagu

October 6, 2008 Président de la République Pierre Nkurunziza Présidence de la République Boulevard de l’Uprona, Rohero I, BP 1870 Bujumbura, Burundi Fax : +257 22 22 74 90 Monsieur Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, Ministre de la… More

PEN Appeal: El Malick Seck

October 9, 2008 President of the Republic of Senegal His Excellency President Abdoulaye Wade Office of the President, Avenue Aoume, Dakar, Republic of Senegal Fax: +221 33 823 1702 Your Excellency, On behalf of the… More

Uighur Journalist and Writer Detained

International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Uighur journalist and poet Mehbube Ablesh, who was arrested in August 2008 after posting two critical articles online. More