07 September 2015, London Writers including Hanif Kureishi, Elif Shafak, and Ali Smith have joined PEN International and English PEN in a letter to President Erdoğan calling for the immediate release of VICE News journalist Mohammed Ismael Rasool. The letter,...
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Dear President Erdoğan As writers, journalists and members of PEN, we are writing to express our extreme concern about the current crackdown on freedom of expression in Turkey. Last week, VICE News’s team was detained in Turkey while reporting in...
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02 September 2014 PEN International and English PEN are delighted that all charges against PEN Pinter Prize winner Mazen Darwish have now been dropped. PEN warmly congratulates Syrian activist, journalist and winner of the 2014 PEN Pinter Prize for international...
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3 August 2015 Update #2 to RAN 09/14 PEN International fears for the deteriorating health of veteran journalist Gao Yu, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for ‘leaking state secrets abroad’ handed down by the Beijing Third Intermediate...
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RAN 10/15 23 July 2015 Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was ordered to return to prison immediately on 29 June 2015. He has not complied, as his health remains precarious. He was released from prison on medical grounds on 17 June...
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