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Pussy Riot Band Members Jailed For Two Years
PEN International is shocked by the two-year prison sentence handed down today to the three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot—Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samusevich—under… More
QA: Büşra Ersanli freed trial
From the day that the prosecutor ruled my detention, until now, everything has been upside down. I am speechless and now going back to Silivri [prison] to pack my… More
Human rights defender and journalist Nargess Mohammadi released
From the day that the prosecutor ruled my detention, until now, everything has been upside down. I am speechless and now going back to Silivri [prison] to pack my… More
Journalist Mazen Darwich at Risk of Facing a Secret Military Tribunal
PEN International is seriously concerned that prominent journalist and freedom of expression activist Mazen Darwich is at risk of being brought before a secret military tribunal. Hearings before such… More
Xiaolu Guo
Xiaolu Guo published six books in China before moving to London in 2002. The English translation of Village of Stone was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and nominated for the International IMPAC… More
Zachary Redfearne
I began writing poetry in high school. Those were troubled times, and what I wrote was mostly depressing, want-to-connect kind of stuff. Then, in college at C.U., I attended… More
Wole Soyinka
A Yoruba born in Western Nigeria and educated in Ibadan and the University of Leeds in England, Wole Soyinka was the first African to win the Nobel Prize for… More
Tyehimba Jess
Detroit native Tyehimba Jess’ first book of poetry, leadbelly, was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. Library Journal and Black Issues Book Review both named it one… More
Theresa Rebeck
Theresa Rebeck is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States, with her newest play Bernhardt/Hamlet opening in 2018. New York productions of her work include Dead Accounts, Seminar, Mauritius, which won the 2007… More
Thomas Bartlett Whitaker
Thomas Bartlett Whitaker is serving a life sentence in Texas. Since entering prison, he earned his undergraduate degree (graduating Summa Cum Laude from Adams State University) and is receiving… More