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Moscow-controlled Supreme Court in Crimea has shortened the prison term of journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko by one year to 5 years.
Yesypenko—the 2022 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree—was detained in Russian-occupied Crimea on March 10, 2021.
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-crimea-yesypenko-sentence-reduced-rferl/31994396.html#0_8_10089_8766_2710_242887410
“The event will be live streamed, and PEN America is asking those unable to attend to show their support by hosting a public reading of Rushdie’s work in their own community.”
.@PENamerica @penguinrandom
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https://www.theguardian.com/global/2022/aug/17/hundreds-of-authors-to-read-from-salman-rushdies-works-in-show-of-solidarity
Listen now: @SalmanRushdie discusses his 2017 novel The Golden House with Paul Holdengraber on the @nypl podcast...
