PEN South Africa calls on all PEN chapters to join the international outrage and protest that is mounting against the sentencing by the Mbabane High Court in Swaziland of Bheki Makhubu, editor of the independent news magazine, The Nation, and...
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South African PEN, Open Book and the Book Lounge have a long history together and are delighted to be extending their collaborative events outside of the five day Open Book Festival and into the rest of the year. The first...
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18 Non-Government Organisations will appear at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in Arusha, Tanzania, today, as amici curiae (friends of the court) pertaining to the matter of Lohé Issa Konaté, editor of Burkina Faso weekly newspaper L’Ouragan,...
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Dear Colleagues, As part of the social media aspect of PEN’s Sochi Olympics campaign- Out in the Cold – we are planning an online Thunderclap action to highlight recently-passed draconian legislation that has the potential to strangle free expression in...
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PEN South Africa urges Police Commissioner to respond urgently to calls by editors for investigations into fatal shooting of photographer and alleged assault of another journalist both by police officers PEN South Africa condemns the fatal shooting of a 64-year-old...
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