1 May 2015 Not in our name: World Press Freedom Day 116 days after Charlie Hebdo On World Press Freedom Day, 116 days after the attack at the office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that left 11 dead and...
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London – 1 May 2015 PEN warmly welcomes the release of writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse On 27 April 2015, the award-winning writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally freed from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after almost three and...
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London – 24 April 2014 This weekend, the 25 and 26 April 2015, marks the anniversary of the detention of six bloggers and three independent journalists arrested under Ethiopia’s Anti-Terrorism Proclamation 2009. One year on there is little to celebrate....
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I was part of a group of African writers who were fortunate enough to meet Mr Günter Grass at a PEN Germany Benefit Gala in November 2014. It was a fascinating evening where the German literati participated in readings –...
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RAN 05/15 24 February 2015 On 23 February 2015 student activists Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23, and Pornthip Munkong (f), 26, were each sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating Thailand’s “lèse-majesté” law. The charge of “lèse-majesté” criminalises...
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