PEN Appeal: Lu Van Bay
September 21, 2011 His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Minister of Public Security Lt Gen Tran Dai Quang Ministry of Public… More
Activist and Internet Writer Sentenced
PEN International protests the four-year sentence handed down to activist and Internet writer Lu Van Bay on August 22, 2011, for his critical online writings. More
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Vandana Singh (@singhvanda) for PEN America's #IndiaAt75
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Join us Friday August 19:
One week after the brutal attack on author @SalmanRushdie, the NY literary community is rallying in solidarity and presenting public readings from Rushdie's works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Avenue.
#StandWithSalman. Details: https://pen.org/event/stand-with-salman/
#IRAN: PEN International and PEN Centres are seriously concerned about the health of imprisoned Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet, who was arrested on 31 July by Iranian authorities. We call for her immediate and unconditional release: https://pen-international.org/news/iran-authorities-must-release-writer-and-poet-mahvash-sabet