Ahmed Naji | Status: In Exile | Egypt
Ahmed Naji was temporarily released from prison in Egypt on December 22, 2016, after his two-year prison sentence for “violating public modesty” was suspended by an appeals court on… More
Egypt’s Harassment of writers chills freedom of speech and movement
NEW YORK—Simultaneous developments in the cases of writers Ahmed Naji and Alaa Aswany this weekend are indicative of Egypt's ongoing assault on human rights and free expression, PEN America… More
Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
First Amendment expert worries over the use of the Espionage Act, scientists rally for facts, and internet users across the globe worry over their privacy. More
Egypt: In Wake of Legal Setback, PEN America Renews Call for Release of Ahmed Naji
NEW YORK—The denial this weekend of Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji’s motion to stay his two-year sentence perpetuates the injustice of punishing a writer for the exercise of free expression,… More
Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji’s jail term upheld over sexually explicit book
Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN America, said that the author’s sentence “for a crime of the imagination flouts the rule of law and is yet another blow to… More