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PEN Appeal: Ayat al Gormezi and Abbas Al-Murshid

June 10, 2011 His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al-Khalifa King of Bahrain Office of His Majesty the King P.O. Box 555 Rifa’a Palace Kingdom of Bahrain Fax: +973 176 64 587 Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al-Khalifa Minister… More

Chinese Writers Discuss Democracy

Only two Chinese writers—Zha Jianying and Yan Lianke—spoke during a panel discussion on April 29 during the PEN World Voices Festival. Would-be panelist Liao Yiwu was prevented by the… More

PEN Appeal: Emadeddin Baghi

July 6, 2010 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 Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani Howzeh Riyasat-e… More

At A Glance: PEN World Voices Festival

The Sixth Annual PEN World Voices Festival came to a conclusion on Sunday. Playing to a full house at New York’s 92nd Street Y, 10 writers, from around the… More

Poems

Reinstatement of the RoseIt’s time to reinstate the rose,banned too long for its multiple meanings.Without pseudonyms, the journalist has a nosefor his own noose. If only to adorn graves,It’s… More

PEN Appeal: Emadeddin Baghi

April 8, 2010 Ayatollah Sayed 'Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic The Office of the Supreme Leader Islamic Republic Street – Shahid Keshvar Doust Street Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Head… More