On the eve of Women’s Day 2019, PEN South Africa is issuing a statement condemning in the strongest terms the recent sentencing of prominent Ugandan academic, feminist and LGBTI+ campaigner, Dr. Stella Nyanzi to 18 months in prison. She was found...
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On this, the eve of the Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2018, PEN South Africa is issuing a statement condemning in the strongest terms the recent re-arrest of prominent Ugandan academic, feminist and LGBTI+ campaigner, Dr. Stella Nyanzi, as well as...
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Dr Stella Nyanzi, prominent Ugandan academic, feminist and LGBTI+ campaigner, was arrested for speaking her mind. In April last year, she was detained by Ugandan authorities for a post on Facebook that called Yoweri Museveni – the President of Uganda...
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On 15 November 2017, PEN South Africa partnered with the University of Cape Town’s Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) to commemorate one of the most important dates on the PEN calendar: the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. The 2017...
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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. PEN SA Statement on the Black Land First Protest Against Peter Bruce PEN South Africa condemns...
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