Statement from PEN America Centre: September 18, 2015 As President Obama prepares to welcome Xi Jinping on his first official visit to the United States next week, PEN American Center has released an open letter to the Chinese president demanding...
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RAPID ACTION NETWORK 14 September 2015 RAN 11/15 PEN International is deeply concerned that Vladimir Kozlov, Kazakh journalist, human rights defender and a leader of Alga!, a political opposition party who is serving a lengthy prison sentence for his peaceful...
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Dear PEN members, Dear friends, There are moments when civilizations throw away the ethical value of that word, civilization. They lose the credibility needed to be taken seriously. The question is, can they get it back? History is surprisingly indulgent....
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14 September 2015 Update #1 to RAN 02/15 PEN International is deeply concerned by the seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence handed out to Azerbaijani investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova on 1 September 2015. Ismayilova was convicted of “economic crimes, including illegal entrepreneurship and...
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PEN International and Reporters Without Borders condemn the actions of the Honduran Supreme Court in failing to implement a legally-biding order by inter-American Commission on Human Rights to protect journalist, Julio Ernesto Alvarado’s right to work in his profession. The...
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