Update #8 to RAN 02/13 On 7 June 2015, the Saudi Supreme Court confirmed the sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes imposed on editor Raif (or Raef) Badawi after conviction of “insulting Islam” and “founding a liberal...
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1 June 2015 Eritrea: Authorities must clarify fate of Dawit Isaak and other journalists detained without trial for 5,000 days Tomorrow marks 5,000 days since the Swedish-Eritrean writer and journalist Dawit Isaak and nine other Eritrean journalists were arrested on...
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London, 28 May 2015 The reinstatement of criminal defamation charges against Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais just days after similar charges were dropped by a court is a deeply worrying development and calls into question the independence of the...
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London – 1 May 2015 PEN warmly welcomes the release of writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse On 27 April 2015, the award-winning writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally freed from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after almost three and...
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The 15th of November marks PEN International’s 33rd anniversary of the 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. “November 15...
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