Eşber Yağmurdereli | Status: Released | Turkey
Blind playwright, poet, short story author, screenwriter, and lawyer, Eşber Yağmurdereli has been in and out of prison since 1978 and was the 1999 recipient of the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith… More
Flora Brovina | Status: Released | Kosovo
Born in 1949, Flora Brovina is a Kosovar-Albanian pediatrician, poet, and women’s rights activist. She was arrested on 20 April 1999, during the Kosovo War, and held in captivity in Serbia while NATO… More
Jack Mapanje | Status: Released | Malawi
Jack Mapanje is a poet and storyteller of exile narratives and political power structures. He was detained without charge or trial for over three years until his release in… More
Shahla Lahiji | Status: Released | Iran
The first woman to run a publishing house in Iran, Shahla Lahiji is one of 19 Iranian writers and intellectuals prosecuted in Tehran for participating in an academic and… More
Nizametdin Akhmetov | Status: Released | Russia
Nizametdin Akhmetov, a Bashkir poet, was sent to a labor camp at age 18. After 20 years of imprisonment in labor camps and psychiatric hospitals, Akhmetov was released on… More
Edip Polat | Status: Released | Turkey
Edip Polat is a Kurdish writer and biologist from southeastern Turkey. He is the author of five books about Kurdish issues, and has been jailed three times for advocating… More
Rakhim Esenov | Status: Released | Turkmenistan
Rakhim Esenov was charged in February 2004 with “inciting social, national, and religious hatred using the mass media,” which he has indicated refers to statements made by characters in… More
Indamiro Restano Diaz | Status: Released | Cuba
Journalist, poet, and activist Indamiro Restano Diaz has been hailed as “the father of independent journalism” in Cuba for his pioneering leadership roles in multiple free press organizations. He… More
Jean Mario Paul | Status: Released | Haiti
Journalist and Radio correspondent, Jean Mario Paul is a native of Petit Gôave, 20 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince. Paul was well-known for his stories broadcast on Radio Antilles exposing… More
Dzamshid Karimov | Status: Released | Uzbekistan
Dzamshid Karimov is a journalist who was held in psychiatric detention for over a year. He is known for being an outspoken critic of the government, and for his… More
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'Even if I take this to court, it is unlikely I will ever be able to see her again and for me that is the hardest part of all' - @AatishTaseer
Grateful to the many writers and others who signed PEN's letter to the Indian authorities. @PENamerica @pen_int https://twitter.com/AatishTaseer/status/1194935564312731649
Rushdie and Atwood join calls to restore citizenship to critic of Modi https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/nov/14/rushdie-atwood-restore-citizenship-critic-modi?CMP=twt_books_b-gdnbooks