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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Dear PEN members, dear friends, In a few days we will gather in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, at the invitation of Central Asian PEN, for the 80th PEN Congress. We will be coming together at a time of growing violence in...
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The US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, which took place in Washington from 4 to 6 August 2014, is an important moment in the promotion of US engagement on the continent. However, the development of US-African trade relations must be paralleled by support...
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