Rapid Actions
Two Journalists Released; Health Concerns for Remaining Prisoners
International PEN welcomes the recent release of writers Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai upon completion of their eight-year prison sentences. More
Internet Writer Detained Without Charges
International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Kunchok Tsephel, a Tibetan Internet writer, who has reportedly been held without charge since February 26, 2009. More
American-Iranian Journalist Detained Without Charge
International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Iranian-American journalist and writer Roxana Saberi, who has been held incommunicado without charge in Evin Prison, Tehran, since late January… More
Tamil Journalists Detained for One Year, Health Concerns
International PEN is seriously concerned by the continued detention of Tamil journalists V. Jasikaran and J. S. Tissainayagam, who have been held since March 2008. PEN is deeply worried… More
Pen Protests Seizure of Literary Magazine
On February 25, 2009, a district court in Brest, on the Polish-Belarus border, ordered the destruction of the most recent edition of the Belarusian language cultural magazine Arche on… More
Newspaper Editor Arrested and Ill-Treated
International PEN is seriously concerned by the arrest of newspaper editor Nadesapillai Vithyatharan under emergency legislation on February 26, 2009, apparently for his reporting. More
Uighur Historian Released from Prison
International PEN welcomes the release of Uighur historian and writer Tohti Tunyaz (pen name: Muzart) on expiry of his 11-year prison sentence. More
Journalist Murdered Following Police Threats
International PEN is shocked by the murder of Weekly Citizen journalist Francis Nyaruri, who disappeared on January 15, 2009 and whose decapitated body was found on January 29. More
Professor and Internet Writer Detained, Fears for Health
International PEN is seriously concerned by reports that professor and Internet writer Vu Van Hung is suffering from ill health and has been relocated to an unknown location. More
Pen President and Member Assaulted By Police
International PEN protests the arrest and alleged police assault of Philo Ikonya and Fwamba N C Fwamba, president and member of Kenyan PEN, respectively, in Nairobi on February 18,… More