Statement from PEN International: 27 June 2016 PEN International is deeply concerned by the recent closure of The Post, Zambia’s leading independent daily newspaper. The closure stems from a dispute with the Zambia Revenue Authority which alleges that The Post...
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Notebook from PEN International: London, 24 June 2016 It is not often that I get to write a letter with some good news. But a few good things happened in the last few weeks, and therefore it is good to...
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Statement from PEN International: 23 June 2016 RAN 12/16 PEN International has learned that blogger Zelalem Workagegnehu’s appeal against his sentence of five years and two months in prison on terrorism charges will be heard on 6 July 2016. Detained...
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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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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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