RAPID ACTION NETWORK 21 October 2010 Update #1 to RAN 42/10 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) welcomes the release on 19 January 2011 of Fahem Boukaddous, correspondent for Al-Badil news website and TV journalist, after more than seven...
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Anthony Fleischer, President SA PEN One of the evils of apartheid was “information classification” and the State’s efforts to control the flow of news and comment. I recall the Rand Daily Mail‘s resistance to such trends in apartheid days, and...
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By Raymond Louw, Vice President, SA PEN Centre South Africa successfully put forward a resolution and had it adopted by the 200 delegates from the 70 PEN Centres (out of the 144 centres in 101 countries) at the PEN International...
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We are deeply concerned at the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe and the slow pace at which matters of utmost constitutional importance are progressing. The people of Zimbabwe have expressed their democratic will for the future of their country. They have...
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International PEN’s historic 73rd Congress closes today calling again for the end to insult and defamation laws worldwide and a commitment to supporting and protecting languages under threat. With more than 200 delegates from over 70 countries representing the wealth...
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