RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS WELCOME THE DECISION OF AFRICAN COURT TO STRIKE DOWN BURKINA FASO’S CRIMINAL DEFAMATION LAW AND CALL ON AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS TO REPEAL SIMILAR LAWS Media and human rights organisations are delighted with today’s decision of the African Court on...
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Dear PEN Members, Dear friends, A few weeks ago, two hundred and fifty writers from almost 80 PEN Centres came together in Bishkek. Nothing like this has been tried before. And it probably would not have been possible elsewhere in...
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The 15th of November marks PEN International’s 33rd anniversary of the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day that recognises writers who have suffered persecution as a result of exercising their right to freedom of expression. “November 15...
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30 October 2014 International Day to End Impunity Call to Action: 11 months after shooting of Juan Carlos Argeñal, murder remains unsolved Ahead of the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists on 2 November, PEN International...
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Award-winning journalist and acclaimed South African writer Margie Orford has been elected to the international board of PEN International, a 10-person body that represents authors, poets, editors and other writers in more than 100 countries around the world. Orford, who...
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