Edit, 4 June 2018: We are happy to note that Esono Ebalé has been allowed to leave, and has left Equatorial Guinea. We express our hope that his movement is no longer restricted and his right to criticise his government...
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May 3 marks World Press Freedom Day, and for 2018, PEN SA – along with PEN International and other PEN Centres worldwide – is focusing our attention on disturbing ongoings in Malta. Six months ago, Daphne Caruana Galizia, a renowned journalist...
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On occasion, the PEN SA Board is asked to weigh in on issues it deems too complex and nuanced to distill into an unequivocal statement. Various PEN SA members have, on a number of occasions, asked the PEN SA Board...
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To mark International Women’s Day 2018, PEN International and PEN Centres around the world today launch the PEN International Women’s Manifesto. THE PEN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S MANIFESTO Passed with unanimity at The Assembly of Delegates of PEN International 83rd World Congress...
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Dr Stella Nyanzi, prominent Ugandan academic, feminist and LGBTI+ campaigner, was arrested for speaking her mind. In April last year, she was detained by Ugandan authorities for a post on Facebook that called Yoweri Museveni – the President of Uganda...
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