Viewpoint: Bitter taste of freedom
For those of us who live in a free society, it’s difficult to imagine what it’s like to survive in a place where expressing your views and asking that… More
José Luis García, Léster González, and Normando Hernández Arrive Safely in Spain
PEN American Center welcomed the news that Cuban journalists Normando Hernández González, Dr. José Luis García Paneque, and Léster Luis González Pentón, all high PEN priority cases who had… More
Normando Hernández González Arrives in Spain
Cuban dissidents Normando Hernández González, right, and Omar Rodriguez hug upon arrival in Madrid on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. More
PEN President Appiah Reacts to the Release of Normando Hernández González in Cuba
PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah hailed the news that journalist Normando Hernández González was freed from prison yesterday morning in Cuba, calling the release “a very hopeful… More
Sick Cuban Writer Gonzales Is Back in Raul CastroŸ??s Fetid Jail
One year after Cuban President Raul Castro promised “more openness” in dealing with dissidents, journalist and poet Normando Hernandez Gonzalez has been taken from a hospital ward back to… More
It’s same old repression in a new package
As shoppers in Havana mobbed electronic stores looking for DVD players, writer and independent journalist Normando Hernandez Gonzalez was quietly returned to Kilo 7 prison in Camaguey, Cuba. More
Cubans Send Sick Dissident Writer Gonzalez to ‘Subhuman’ Jail
Normando Hernandez Gonzalez, a gravely ill dissident Cuban writer, was secretly returned three weeks ago from a Havana military hospital to solitary confinement in Kilo 7, a backwater prison,… More
On Fifth Anniversary of Cuba’s Black Spring, 28 Writers Still Imprisoned
Five years after Cuba jailed 75 prominent dissidents in what has been called that country’s “Black Spring,” PEN American Center today appealed for the release of 28 imprisoned writers,… More
Mother of Jailed Writer to Sit With First Lady at Bush Speech
Blanca Gonzalez, whose son, Normando Hernández González, has become an international symbol of Cuban human-rights abuses, is scheduled to join Laura Bush in the first lady's gallery tonight when… More
Jailed Writers Can’t Be Silenced
Writing, like other compulsions, can be dangerous for your health. It can bring fame and fortune, which is bad enough - Pen a hard truth and you also face… More
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