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Internet Writer Imprisoned for Insult
International PEN protests the two-year prison sentence and fine of 5,000 dirhams handed down to Internet writer Mohammed Erraji on September 8, 2008 for criticizing King Mohammed in an… More
PEN Appeal: Miguel ?ngel Gutiérrez ?vila
September 10, 2008 Lic. Zeferino Torreblanca Galindo Gobernador del Estado de Guerrero Palacio de Gobierno, Boulevard René Juárez #62 Col. De los Servicios, Chilpancingo, Guerrero México Fax: + 52 74 74 71 99 56 Lic.… More
Tikkun, Evening Prayer
Tikkun (Midnight Prayer)The Caesars who built the citiesdidn’t intend this kind of silencein which trees tear up the air’s shelter with their growthand the lazy moon journeys in the… More
The Nurse and the Novelist
1. The ButterflyThe entire book is set in two columns. The narrower one is in italics. It tells a story of a village woman who falls in love with… More
Web Site Owner Shot Dead
International PEN is shocked by the death of web site owner Magomed Yevloyev from a gunshot wound to the head while he was in police custody on August 31. More
Journalist Win Tin’s Health Worsens
International PEN is extremely concerned for the health of veteran journalist and pro-democracy activist Win Tin, who has been imprisoned for over 19 years and is one of the… More
Cope’s Rule, Nepenthe, Magpie Lark
Cope’s RuleAccording to Edward Drinker Cope,nineteenth-century paleontologist, fossil records showlineages become larger over millenniaindicating that bigger is more successful.Though later scientists offered further support for Cope's rule,from mammals to… More
Ahmed Ali: Baghdad, Damascus, Atlanta
I was eighteen years old, in the final stage of high school. This meant I had to join the army, unless I got a letter authorized by the Minister… More
Fatou Jaw Manneh Given Prison Sentence; Fined and Released
International PEN protests the four-year prison sentence for "sedition’" handed to freelance journalist Fatou Jaw Manneh on August 18, 2008 for writing articles critical of the president. Although Manneh… More