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The Golden Calf
At precisely 4:40 p.m., Basilius Lokhankin went on a hunger strike.He was lying on an oilcloth-covered couch, his back to the world, his face to the curved back of… More
Third Newspaper Editor Jailed
International PEN protests the one-year prison sentence handed down to newspaper editor Ezedin Mohamed of the newspaper Al-Quds on January 29, 2010, for an article criticizing the Prime Minister… More
Journalist and Writer’s Health Deteriorates in Prison
International PEN is deeply concerned at reports that the health of ailing imprisoned journalist and writer Taoufik Ben Brik is deteriorating as a result of poor treatment in prison. More
Newspaper Editor Jailed for Defamation
International PEN protests the one-year prison sentence handed down to Nor Oriente editor Alejandro Carrascal Carrasco on January 12, 2010, for alleged “aggravated defamation” of a local official in… More
Book Groups See Progress on Patriot Act
The Campaign for Reader Privacy today declared that progress is being made in the fight to restore the safeguards for the privacy of bookstore and library records that were… More
Two-Tongued Tale
Some years ago, I began hearing voices, my own to be precise. It started with a scream. No, I’m not delusional. This is how it happened. Having had a… More
Autopsy Reports
Hi, I’m __________________. I am reading excerpts from a series of autopsy and death reports of detainees who died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan.Autopsy Number: AO3-51.Date of… More
For 13th Time, Critic of China’s Government Is Barred From Leaving
BEIJING — Chinese security agents in Sichuan Province detained Liao Yiwu, a prominent author and critic of the government, as he prepared to fly Monday to a literary festival… More
Chinese poet Liao Yiwu blocked from going to German festival
Liao Yiwu, a 52-year-old writer who was jailed for four years after recording himself wailing and reading a poem about the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, said he had already… More
Imprisoned Journalist’s Family Dies in Accident
International PEN sends its deepest condolences to the imprisoned journalist and human rights activist Dilmurod Saidov (Sayyid), whose wife and daughter, aged 6, were killed in a car accident… More
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