The Women’s Manifesto was tabled and unanimously passed at the PEN International Congress on 21 September 2017 in Lviv, Ukraine. Margie Orford, former PEN SA President and current PEN SA and PEN International Board Member, was on the Advisory Committee...
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A new report by PEN has found that many governments in Africa retain criminal defamation laws that make it a crime to say, write or publish anything that they consider defamatory or insulting. The result is a restriction of freedom...
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PEN SA Board member Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi has written to the Honduran National Human Rights Ombudsman, Dr. Roberto Herrera Cáceres, urging him to take up PEN Honduras Board Member Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa’s case and work with the Honduran authorities...
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Statement from PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and PEN International Reports that criminal charges have been laid against journalist Jacques Pauw following the publication of his book, The President’s Keepers, are deeply concerning, said PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and...
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PEN South Africa and the Institute for Creative Arts are hosting an event in Cape Town to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Find details here. On 15 November, PEN will mark the 36th Day of the Imprisoned Writer,...
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