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Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad Released
PEN International welcomes the release of blogger and activist Maikal Nabil Sanad, on January 24, 2012, days after an amnesty was announced by the authorities. PEN continues to call… More
Editor Muhammed Bekjanov to Serve An Additional Five Years in Prison
Uzbek editor, Muhammed Bekjanov, held since 1999 on charges widely believed to have been fabricated and whose sentence was about to expire in the coming days, has been served… More
Two Journalists Given 14 Years in Prison; One Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Ethiopian journalists Reeyot Alemu and Woubshet Taye have been sentenced to 14 years in prison; Elias Kifle, who is currently in exile in the US, was tried in absentia… More
Two-Year Anniversary of the Disappearance of Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda
On January 24, 2010, Pregeeth Ekanaliyagoda was abducted and has not been heard from since. No thorough and credible investigation into his case. More
Dissident Poet Zhu Yufu Charged with Subversion for A Poem
Writer Zhu Yufu has been charged with “subversion” for a poem posted online. More
Writer Detained; Faces Up to 50 Years in Prison
Writer and political activist Enoh Meyomesse has been in detention since his arrest on November 22, 2011, and is charged with robbery and “attempting a coup.” More
Internet Writer Released
French-Vietnamese university teacher and Internet writer Pham Minh Hoang was released on January 13, 2012. More
Two More Writers Released in Large-Scale Amnesty
MYANMARPEN International is delighted to learn that two more writers were released on January 13, 2012, as part of a presidential amnesty. Journalist and poet Zaw Thet Htwe and… More
Musician Win Maw and Blogger Nay Phone Latt Included in Large-Scale Amnesty
Leading musician Win Maw and prominent blogger Nay Phone Latt are among 651 prisoners to be freed as part of a presidential amnesty announced on January 13, 2012. More
Reporter Shot to Death in Nuevo León
Raúl Régulo Garza Quirino, reporter for the weekly newspaper La Ultima Palabra was gunned down on January 6, 2012, by a gang in Cadereyta, state of Nuevo León, and… More
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