PEN South Africa is gravely concerned by the abduction and detention on December 6th 2017 of Patrice Nganang, a Cameroonian-American writer, poet, and professor. Nganang, a Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative literature at Stony Brook University in New York...
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PEN SA Board member Gabeba Baderoon has written to the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, calling for the release of cartoonist and activist Ramón Esono Ebalé. Ebalé is one of the five writers whose...
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PEN SA Board member Nooshin Erfani-Ghadimi has written to the Honduran National Human Rights Ombudsman, Dr. Roberto Herrera Cáceres, urging him to take up PEN Honduras Board Member Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa’s case and work with the Honduran authorities...
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Statement from PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and PEN International Reports that criminal charges have been laid against journalist Jacques Pauw following the publication of his book, The President’s Keepers, are deeply concerning, said PEN South Africa, PEN Afrikaans and...
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Statement from PEN South Africa and PEN International PEN South Africa and PEN International note with grave concern the threats of legal action issued by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) and the State Security Agency (SSA) against Jacques Pauw,...
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