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International PEN Uyghur Center: PEN Press Release (1)
- PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) is seriously
concerned about the detention of Internet writers Ahmad Mansour and
Nasser Bin Gheith, who are facing charges for their dissident activities
and writings... Read more»
- The Unescocat awards the writers association Catalan Center of PEN Club
for its contribution to the defense of freedom of expression and
linguistic rights, for its commitment to dialogue between cultures and
for the international... Read more»
- Last week, on 25 July 2011, Ogün Samast, was convicted and sentencedto
22 years and 10 months in prison for the “premeditated murder” of
Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink in January 2007. PEN International... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the
re-arrest of editor and Catholic priest Nguyen Van Ly on 25 July 2011.
Nguyen Van Ly had been on medical leave from an eight year prison
sentence for over a year... Read more»
- PEN International is deeply distressed by the events in Oslo and Utoeya Island on 22 July 2011. Our thoughts are with Norwegian PEN, its members, our friends and supporters at the Fritt Ord Foundation, Royal Ministry of... Read more»
- Some two weeks ago all PEN Centres received a message from the
Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee telling you about The Girona
Manifesto. I am following up in order to let you know how important I
personally believe... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the
four-year prison sentence handed down to Tibetan writer and editor Tashi
Rabten (pen-name Te’urang) on 2 June 2011 for his critical writings. The
WiPC calls for... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the one-year sentence handed down to poet and student Ayat Al-Gormezi (f) on anti-state charges for poems critical of the Bahraini King. PEN calls for her... Read more»
- PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) has learned that the widely reported case of Amina Abdallah Araf (f), purportedly a young Syrian American blogger allegedly abducted in Damascus on 6 June 2011, was... Read more»
- PEN International is appalled by the brutal murder of the acclaimed poet Shamil Dzhikayev in North Ossetia last month. Dzhikayev’s decapitated corpse was found on 26 May 2011 in the outskirts of Vladikavkaz, the capital of... Read more»
- PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) is shocked and
saddened by the death of journalist and author Syed Saleem Shahzad, Bureau
Chief of the Asia Times Online and author of the newly published inside... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is seriously
concerned by the reported continued detention of Hada, editor of The
Voice of the Southern Mongolia and leading rights activist, who
completed a fifteen-year... Read more»
- PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) renews its call
for the charges against British author Alan Shadrake to be dropped after
his six week prison sentence for contempt was upheld by the Court of
Appeal... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is delighted to
learn of the release yesterday of Eynulla Fatullayev, a journalist who
had become emblematic of the struggle for free expression in
Azerbaijan... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) protests the
murder of political columnist and activist Wilfred Iván Ojeda Peralta,
who was abducted in La Victoria, Aragua state, on 16 May 2011 and found
dead... Read more»
- The sentencing of writers and journalists detained in Belarus on 19
December 2010 following demonstrations against the flawed presidential
elections has taken place. One of the five persons whose cases PEN is
following... Read more»
- South African PEN (SA PEN), a member of the International PEN organisation which promotes and protects the interests of writers, authors, editors and poets, is deeply angered at the manner in which the Libyan and South African... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is seriously concerned about the detention of prominent Palestinian writer and academic Dr Ahmad Qatamesh, who has been held without charge by the Israeli... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International welcomes the conviction and sentencing of two people in connection to the 2009 double murder of freelance journalist Anastasiya Baburova and human rights lawyer Stanislav... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) is pleased
to report that El Tiempo journalist and director Jesús Lemus Barajas,
jailed since May 2008, was finally acquitted of drug trafficking charges
and released... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee PEN of International (WiPC) is disturbed
to learn of the death threats received by César Levano (pictured left)
and Arturo Belaúnde, respectively editor and president of the board of the daily... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International is seriously concerned about the detention on 12 May 2011of Najati Tayara, a writer and editor who was covering the protests which are currently taking place in Syria.... Read more»
- The statement against cuts on education that was
accepted during this year's Bled Meeting. Please address it to the
concerning authorities in your country. From our side it was addressed
to the President of the Republic.... Read more»
- PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) strongly condemns
the killing, mass arrests and disappearances of civilians including
several journalists, bloggers, writers and activists in the crackdown on... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee PEN of International (WiPC) protests the
murder of Panorama Geralowner and journalistValério Nascimento, who was
shot dead outside his home in Rio Claro, Rio de Janeiro state... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International mourns the
tragic death on 29 April 2011 of journalist and critic Siamak Pourzand.
Pourzand reportedly committed suicide after years of house arrest and... Read more»
- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, celebrated annually on 3
May, the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) condemns the ongoing violation of
the right to freedom of expression of the Uyghur people in East
Turkestan... Read more»
- The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, and the President of PEN International, John Ralston Saul, today made the following joint statement to mark World Press Freedom Day on 3 May. They added... Read more»
- From May 2-8, 2011 the international conference The Future of Uyghur People in East Turkestan co-sponsored by Freedom House, World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Uyghur American Association (UAA) and the International Uyghur... Read more»
- PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee strongly protests the
harsh seven year prison sentence handed to dissident writer and activist
Cu Huy Ha Vu on 4 April 2011. PEN is calling for his immediate and
unconditional.... Read more»
- Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) strongly protests that Chinese
regime has detained prominent artist Ai Weiwei and other human rights
defenders in serious violation of China’s legal procedure, call on all.... Read more»
- We are writing to ask your PEN Centre to help support our fellow writers
and journalists in Somalia. Somalia's ongoing conflict has made it the most dangerous country for journalists in Africa, and one of the most dangerous in... Read more»
- Uyghur (Uighur) intellectuals including writers, web masters and journalists are being systematically persecuted in the aftermath of the “5th July” 2009 Urumchi ethnic conflict in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China... Read more»
- Between 24 and 27 March 2011, the WiPC was in Brussels for our ninth conference; we were some 75 strong, from almost forty centres. It was spring in Brussels; we were comfortably settled into three hotels in the city centre... Read more»
- Azerbaijan: International Organisations Condemn Abduction and Beating of Journalist Seymur Khaziyev. London 29.03.11: The International Partnership Group for Azerbaijan condemns the 26 March 2011 abduction and beating of... Read more»
- The Writers in Prison Committee PEN of International (WiPC) is deeply concerned by the disappearance of newspaper journalist Noel López Olguín, who was last seen in Jáltipan, Veracruz state, on 8 March 2011. It is feared... Read more»
- London, UK, 31 March 2011 - PEN International praises the U.N. Human
Rights Council for its recent unanimous vote on the right of all
individuals to practice religion, which ended a thirteen-year campaign by the organization... Read more»
- Bahrain Writers Association and Bahrain PEN Centre appeals for help in
the face of excessive force being used against the unarmed people of
Bahrain who are exercising their legitimate rights for a democratic... Read more»
- TURKEY: Publisher Ragip Zarakolu fined: Writer Mehmet Güler Receives Suspended Sentence. On 10 March 2011, Ragip Zarakolu, publisher and free expression activist, was sentenced to a fine, and author Mehmet Güler... Read more»
- PEN International Condemns Detention of Independent Chinese PEN Center Webmaster Ye Du. London, 2 March 2011—PEN International protests in the strongest possible terms the detention on criminal charges of... Read more»
- RUSSIA: Investigations re-opened into the murders of five journalists. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International welcomes the
pledge by Russia investigators to re-open investigations into the... Read more»
- CHINA: Renewedcrackdown on dissidents and activists; fears for safety. PEN International is alarmed at reports of a violent crackdown on
government critics and human rights defenders in recent days in response
to... Read more»
- ICPC Statement on the Incommunicado Detention of Liu Xia and Detention of Dr. Teng Biao and others. The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) expresses concern for the health and living conditions of Liu Xia, wife of... Read more»
- Egyptian PEN has been closely observing the events following the spontaneous popular uprising which began on Tuesday 25 January 2011 with peaceful marches in Cairo and Alexandria and also in several other provinces... Read more»
- SUDAN: mass arrests of journalists, fears for safety. The Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International protests the wave of arrests of journalists in Sudan during recent street protests calling for democratic change... Read more»
- TURKEY: The Trial of Human Rights Lawyer Muharrem Erbey. On 24 December 2009, human rights lawyer, writer and PEN Turkey member Muharrem Erbey was arrested in Diyabakir, south eastern Turkey. He has been detained... Read more»
- BELARUS: Three writers released; severe restrictions place on movements. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International welcomes the release from detention of the former president of he Belarus PEN... Read more»
- Kuwait: Journalist and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem released. PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee welcomes the release of journalist and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem on... Read more»
