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The Clean House
CHARACTERSLane: A doctor, a woman in her early fifties. She wears white.Matilde: Lane’s cleaning lady, a woman in her late twenties. She wears black. She is Brazilian. She has… More
Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice
Stein’s acceptance of the punishment inflicted on her poem by the infuriated Toklas is almost beyond understanding. How could a serious writer agree to such a crazy demand? But… More
Normando Hernández González Removed from Hospital, Returned to Prison
In what PEN has called a “shocking and very discouraging turn of events,” writer and independent journalist Normando Hernández González has been removed from a hospital where he was… More
Newspaper Editor Detained Incommunicado for Five Weeks
International PEN protests the five-week incommunicado detention of Nsimba Embete Ponte, editor of the Kinshasa-based newspaper L'Interprète. More
Newspaper Editor Sentenced to Six Months in Prison in Unfair Trial
International PEN protests the six-month prison sentence imposed on Faustin Bambou, editor of the privately owned weekly Les Collines de l‘Oubangui on January 28, 2008. More
Newspaper Editor Sentenced to Six Months’ Imprisonment Released
PEN welcomes the release of Faustin Bambou, editor of the weekly Les Collines de l‘Oubangui, who was sentenced to six months in prison on defamation charges after an unfair… More
PEN Protests Cyber-Attacks Against Woeser
PEN American Center today expressed “profound concern” that Beijing-based Tibetan writer Woeser is apparently the target of serious cyber-attacks aimed at disrupting her personal communications and suppressing her voice,… More
PEN Appeal: Faustin Bambou
February 6, 2008 Monsieur le Ministre Monsieur Thierry MALEYOMBO Ministre de la Justice, Garde des sceaux Ministère de la Justice BP 732 BANGUI, République centrafricaine Fax: + 236 21 611579/ 613198 Monsieur le Ministre Monsieur Cyriaque… More
Chinese Writer and Professor Guo Quan Detained
Guo Quan, a writer and former associate professor of literature at Nanjing Normal University, has been detained for his articles on the government response to the May 12th earthquake… More
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