November | 2015 | PEN South Africa

02 Nov 2015

in International News, Policy & Advocacy, Writers in Prison

Day of the Imprisoned Writer Cases 2015: Patiwat Saraiyaem and Pornthip Munkong (Thailand)

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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02 Nov 2015

in International News, Policy & Advocacy

Bangladesh: Authorities Must Protect Secular Writers and Their Publishers

London, 1 November 2015 The Bangladesh government is abjectly failing in its obligation to protect secular writers and their publishers from harm, PEN International and PEN Bangladesh said today, after attacks on Saturday left publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan dead and...

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