PEN South Africa sent the statement below to Mr Gengezi Mgidlana, Secretary to Parliament Dear Secretary to Parliament PEN South Africa is deeply concerned about the extreme security arrangements President Jacob Zuma and his government have set in motion for...
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PEN SA Africa Pulse is a weekly round-up of news concerning cases of freedom of expression and the freedom of the press in Africa. One of the SABC 8 journalists shot in the face with a pellet gun Suna Venter,...
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The South African Department of Justice and Constitutional Development published the draft Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill in October 2016. PEN South Africa, under the guidance of Vice-President Raymond Louw and with carefully debated contributions...
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PEN SA Africa Pulse is a weekly round-up of news concerning cases of freedom of expression and the freedom of the press in Africa. Nigeria: Police Raid Premium Times, Arrest Publisher, Journalist Policemen in plain clothes raided the head office...
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The inauguration of the new US president, Donald Trump, which is being held today, the 20th of January 2017, has been met with unprecedented controversy. Writers in the United States and across the world are protesting and writing against a...
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