3 August 2015 Update #2 to RAN 09/14 PEN International fears for the deteriorating health of veteran journalist Gao Yu, who is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for ‘leaking state secrets abroad’ handed down by the Beijing Third Intermediate...
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Prominent academic and blogger Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace, who promotes human rights in Bahrain, was arrested in 2011 for his participation in the peaceful Arab Spring protests. During his initial detention security officials subjected him to torture and ill-treatment and in...
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30 July 2015, London The Honduran government must honour and make a reality its promises to protect journalists and combat impunity for crimes against them, PEN International said today. According to PEN’s information, six journalists have been murdered since the...
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PEN South Africa condemns the draconian regulations which the Film and Publication Board plans to introduce to control the content of messages and other expressions of opinion which civil society and other users of the internet write online. It calls...
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23 July 2015 The release from prison after more than three years of Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir, human rights defenders and members of the Syrian Centre for Media and Free Expression (SCM), is a small step towards improving Syria’s...
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