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Announcing the Aura Estrada Prize
PEN Trustee Francisco Goldman has announced the establishment of the Aura Estrada Prize, a fellowship honoring the spirit and aspirations of his wife, a promising young Mexican writer who… More
Things Come Together, Things Fall Apart
Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and… 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
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
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
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
Three Journalists Released from Prison and Flown to Spain
International PEN welcomes the release of journalists Alejandro González Raga and José Gabriel Ramón Castillo, and librarian Omar Pernet Hernández, who were freed from imprisonment in Cuba and immediately… 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
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
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