Statement from PEN International 5 September 2016 Update #1 to RAN 05/15 PEN International welcomes the early release of student activists Patiwat Saraiyaem, 26 and Pornthip Munkong (f), 29, following a royal pardon. Saraiyaem was released on 12 August 2016,...
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PEN South Africa and Kalk Bay Books invite you to an evening of rousing music, poetry and free speech to commemorate the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Join master of ceremonies Finuala Dowling as she hosts an event that...
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This year marks the 34th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day that recognises writers who have suffered persecution as a result of exercising their right to freedom of expression. This is one of the five cases that...
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RAN 05/15 24 February 2015 On 23 February 2015 student activists Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23, and Pornthip Munkong (f), 26, were each sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating Thailand’s “lèse-majesté” law. The charge of “lèse-majesté” criminalises...
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