Photograph of PAN and TLRC meeting members courtesy of PEN International By Raymond Louw, PEN SA Vice-President The PAN meeting was held in advance of a meeting by the PEN International Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee under the title: In...
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3 May 2016 PEN SA would like to note the following in addition to the below statement: “One bright spot in the media picture in Southern Africa is the announcement by the ruling African National Congress in South Africa that...
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PEN Africa Network (PAN), the umbrella body of African Centres of PEN International, has learnt with shock and dismay the suspension of Denis Galava, the Managing Editor (Special Projects) of Kenya’s Nation Media Group (NMG) owned by the Aga Khan,...
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The PEN African Network (PAN), the coalition of PEN International centres in Africa, calls on His Excellency, Isaias Afewerki, President of Eritrea, and the Hon. Minister of Justice Fawzia Hashim, to immediately clarify the fate of all journalists detained by...
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Pictured: Danie Marais (PEN Afrikaans), Eden Eyasu Gebrekidan (PEN Canada – Writers in Exile), Frank Mackay Anim-Appiah (PEN Ghana) and Lindsay Callaghan (PEN South Africa). Read Raymond Louw’s article on the Resolutions passed at Congress here and his wife Jean’s...
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