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International PEN Uyghur Center: PEN Press Release
- We are writing to you with a request for help from your Centre to aid our colleagues writers and print journalists in Uzbekistan, Russia and Azerbaijan who are either in prison or on trial on charges of insult or defamation...Read more»
- PEN International report on China 2013. PEN International has recently submitted a report on its freedom of expression concerns in China to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights as part of its Universal Periodic Review...Read more»
- International Mother Language Day. 21 February marks International Mother Language Day (IMLD). This is the annual day where the UN and organisations working on linguistic diversity and linguistic rights mark the importance...Read more»
- CHINA: International Campaign Continues for Poet and Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo. As part of the International Campaign for Liu Xiaobo launched in December 2012, PEN International and Front Line Defenders are calling...Read more»
- SOMALIA: Journalist detained arbitrarily and charged for reporting on rape. The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the charges brought against freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdnur Ibrahim over an unpublished....Read more»
- PEN International condemns investigation against PEN Turkey for criticising the State. PEN International strongly condemns the investigation launched by the Istanbul Public Prosecutor’s Office today against the PEN Turkey Board...Read more»
- SAUDI ARABIA: Prominent writer and editor arrested, fears for their safety. PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee fears for the safety of writer Turki Al-Hamad and editor Raef Badawi. Al-Hamad was arrested on 24 December...Read more»
- RUSSIA: Stanislav Dmitriyevsky Faces Ban on Book Detailing Human Rights Abuses. Russian writer, editor and human rights activist Stanislav Dmitriyevsky is once again in court, this time over a 1,200-page book on human rights...Read more»
- TURKEY: PEN International Concerned About Pinar Selek Trial. On 13 December 2012 writer, sociologist and feminist, Pınar Selek, faces retrial on charges she has already been acquitted of an incredible three times. If found guilty...Read more»
- Qatar: Poet sentenced to life imprisonment; fears for safety. he Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International condemns the life sentence handed down on 29 November 2012 to poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami...Read more»
- BRAZIL: Web journalist and editor shot dead. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is shocked by the murder of Última Hora News website editor Eduardo Carvalho...Read more»
- TURKEY: Selek Faces Retrial as Acquittal is Overturned Again. Writer, sociologist and feminist, Pınar Selek, is yet again facing trial on charges she has already been acquitted of an astounding three times...Read more»
- CHINA: Dissident poet Li Bifeng sentenced to 12 years. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the harsh sentence handed down to Chinese activist, novelist and poet Li Bifeng...Read more»
- NEPAL: Writer under threat; concerns for safety. PEN International is seriously concerned for the safety of writer Amar Neupane, who has been recently threatened over his award-winning novel Seto Dharti...Read more»
- ICPC Statement on PEN International Day of Imprisoned Writers. Two Writers Honoured Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award. Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) has honoured two imprisoned writers...Read more»
- The plight of Uyghur writers imprisoned in China. 15th November is PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. We - the Uyghur PEN Centre would like to add our voices to this special day by urging all International PEN...Read more»
- Qatar: Poet detained; unfair trial and fears of ill-treatment. International PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee is seriously concerned by the detention of poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami. Al-Ajami was arrested on 16 November...Read more»
- SOMALIA: Poet and playwright shot dead. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the murder of poet, playwright, radio actor and singer-songwriter Warsame Shire Awale, who was shot dead...Read more»
- VIETNAM: Two songwriters convicted for ‘anti-state propaganda’. The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is appalled by the sentences handed down to songwriters Vo Minh Tri and Tran Vu...Read more»
- BAHRAIN: Academic, activist and blogger Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace’s health deteriorates. PEN International is seriously concerned for the health of prominent academic, activist and blogger Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace...Read more»
- IRAN: Fears for the health of prominent human rights lawyer, journalist and writer. PEN International is seriously concerned for the health of prominent writer, journalist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, who is said to be very...Read more»
- MEXICO: Web director murdered in Baja California. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is shocked to learn that yet another journalist has been killed in Mexico. Tijuana Informativo director...Read more»
