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PEN Appeal: Ragip Zarakolu
June 20, 2008 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Office of the Prime Minister Basbakanlik 06573 Ankara Turkey Fax: 90-312-417-0476 Your Excellency, On behalf of the 3,300 members of PEN American Center, an international organization of writers… More
Publisher Sentenced Under Article 301
International PEN condemns the sentencing of publisher Ragip Zarakolu in Istanbul on June 17 for "insulting the State" (Article 301, Turkish Penal Code). More
50 Days Before Olympics, PEN Urges U.S. Action for Writers Jailed in China
PEN American Center today called on the Bush Administration and Congress to step up pressure on the People’s Republic of China to release 44 imprisoned writers and journalists and… More
PEN, Publishers Decry Conviction of Ragip Zarakolu in Turkey
PEN American Center and the International Freedom to Publish Committee of the Association of American Publishers today denounced the “clearly wrongful” and “anachronistic and discouraging” conviction of Turkish publisher… More
PEN Appeal: Pierre Fould Gerges
June 12, 2008 Minister of Justice and the Interior Sr. Ramón Rodríguez Chacín Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Interiores y Justicia Av. Urdaneta, Edif. Sede MIJ, Piso 1, Carmelitas Caracas, Venezuela Fax: 011-58-212-861-2097 Attorney General Dra.… More
PEN Appeal: Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza
April 14, 2008 Dr. Alan García Pérez Presidente de la República del Perú Jr. de la Unión S/N 1ra. Cuadra, Cercado de Lima Lima, Peru Fax: +51 1 446 5886 Dra. Rosario… More
Twenty-Year-Old Poet Detained on Terrorism Charges
International PEN strongly protests the detention since February 29, 2008, of the young poet Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza on charges of terrorism. More
Two Months On, Young Poet Still Detained on Terrorism Charges
International PEN protests the continuing imprisonment of 20-year-old poet Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza. More
Detentions Escalate at China Quake Site
PEN expressed alarm today over the disappearance of leading cyber-dissident Huang Qi, who was last seen being forced into a car by three unidentified men in Chengdu on the… More
Poet Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza Released
International PEN welcomes the release pending trial of the 20-year-old poet Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza, who was released from maximum-security prison on May 8, after 70 days’ detention. More
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