17 June 2016 marks a confluence of significant anniversaries for several of PEN International’s Main Cases currently imprisoned in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is the day we celebrate the birthday of human rights defender Waleed Abu al-Khair, currently...
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The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development recently proposed the Prevention and Combating of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, which is expected to be tabled in Parliament by September, according to the Cape Argus. Gadeeja Abbas writes that as...
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12 May 2016 On 3 May 2016 – international World Press Freedom Day – a court in Lima found journalist and author Rafael León Rodríguez (Rafo León) guilty of ‘aggravated defamation’ of a fellow journalist on the basis of a...
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3 May 2016 The 2015 Case List, published today by PEN International, spotlights freedom of expression violations around the world, detailing over 1000 cases of harassment, arrests, attacks, killings and imprisonments of writers worldwide and highlights the worldwide deterioration in...
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PEN South Africa has written to Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and South African President Jacob Zuma urging them to ensure the release of the 17 Angolan activists, known as the Luanda Book Club, who were sentenced to between...
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