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Human-Rights Activist and Her Husband Briefly Detained and Assaulted
International PEN joins the protests by the Tunisian Monitoring Group (TMG) against the attack on journalist and human-rights activist Sihem Bensedrine and her husband, Omar Mestiri, editor and managing… More
Trading Words
But mere words were inadequate vessels to contain the sense of shock and horror that people felt. R. W. Apple, The New York Times, 9.12.02falling bodiesfalling bodiesand—blind skyscrapers… More
No Let-Up: China Detains Another Writer
Feng Zhenghu, a Shanghai-based rights defender, online writer and freelance journalist, has been detained in a week that has seen significant backsliding in the climate for freedom of expression… More
PENPals: A Correspondence with Markus Zusak & Susan Campbell Bartoletti
For me, a book doesn't belong to me; it belongs to the readers. In the case of Hitler Youth, the book belongs to those people who allowed me into… More
Newspaper Vice President Shot Dead
International PEN condemns the murder of Pierre Fould Gerges, vice president of Reporte Diario de la Economía, who was shot dead on June 2, 2008. More
Journalist’s Trial Opens Amid Health Concerns
International PEN is seriously concerned for the health of Iranian Kurdish journalist Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand, who reportedly suffered a stroke in Evin prison on May 19, 2008, and has… More
PEN Appeal: Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand
June 5, 2008 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street Qom Islamic Republic of Iran Head of the Judiciary His Excellency Ayatollah… More
PEN Appeal: Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh
June 5, 2008 His Excellency Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan c/o Said T. Jawad Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan Embassy of Afghanistan 2341 Wyoming Ave., NW Washington, DC 20008 Fax: (202)… More
Afghan Journalist Remains Detained
International PEN is deeply concerned by the delay in journalist Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh's appeal to a death sentence for the alleged crime of blasphemy. More
PEN Appeal: Antoine Assalé Tiémoko
February 2, 2008 Monsieur le Président de la République Laurent Gbagbo Palais de la Présidence au Plateau P.O. Box: 01 BP 1354 Abidjan 01 Fax : + 225 20 21 14 25 Ambassador… More