Canadian-Iranian Journalist and Writer Maziar Bahari Sentenced in Absentia
International PEN is shocked by the severity of the sentence handed down in absentia to leading Canadian-Iranian journalist, writer, and filmmaker Maziar Bahari on May 9, 2010. More
PEN Appeal: Maziar Bahari
June 2, 2010 Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei The Office of the Supreme Leader Shoahada Street, Qom Islamic Republic of Iran Head of the Judiciary Ayatollah Sadeqh Larijani Howzeh Riyasat-e… More
PEN Condemns Sentencing of Journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran
PEN American Center condemned the 13-year sentence handed down to Iranian-Canadian journalist and playwright Maziar Bahari in absentia on May 9, calling the action by the Tehran Revolutionary Court… More
Writers Welcome Release of Maziar Bahari from Prison in Iran
Canadian-Iranian journalist and playwright Maziar Bahari was released from Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison on bail Saturday after spending nearly four months virtually incommunicado. PEN American Center continues to call… More
Detained Iranian Journalist Getting All the Press
Iran's government announced Tuesday that it would release 140 prisoners detained during the political unrest that wracked the country last month, but one now-notable name was not on the… More
Global Writers and Filmmakers Call for Bahari’s Release
Nearly 300 of the world's most respected authors, filmmakers, and journalists have put their names to petitions this week calling on the Iranian government to release NEWSWEEK correspondent and… More
100 International Writers Call for Release of Journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran
PEN American Center and PEN Canada today sent an open letter signed by over 100 of the world’s most prominent writers calling for the release of Canadian-Iranian journalist and… More
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