From the Mail & Guardian November 25th, 2011 During this week’s Black Tuesday protest outside Parliament, activist Zackie Achmat lowered the South African flag to half-mast. A policeman with a roll of crime-scene tape in his hand stepped forward as...
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Cape Town and London, November 23, 2011 South African PEN and PEN International today expressed alarm over the passage of the Protection of Information bill by the National Assembly, saying that the bill, if enacted into law, represents ‘a retreat...
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Dear PEN Members, Dear Friends, Sixteen years ago today, our colleague Ken Saro-Wiwa was hanged by Nigerian officials for writing and speaking, and doing so persistently. I was in southern Tunisia with a group of writers and film makers when...
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New York City, November 15, 2011 – PEN American Center and PEN International today condemned restrictions on press coverage of police crackdowns on Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York and elsewhere, calling the arrests of journalists, the grounding of...
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Margie Orford was interviewed by PEN America about free expression in South Africa: FREEDOM TO WRITE: Can you tell us a little about South African PEN and some of the issues you’re facing? MARGIE ORFORD: South African PEN has been...
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