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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31 March 2016 RAN 07/16 PEN International is concerned at news that 17 Angolan activists, known as the Luanda Book Club, were sentenced to between 2-8 years in prison and fined 50,000 kwanza (around 300 USD) on Monday, 28 March...
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World Poetry Day, marked each year on 21 March, is an opportunity to celebrate poetry, the power and creativity of language and to promote reading, writing, publishing, and teaching poetry throughout the world. PEN International uses this day to highlight...
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Fatima Naoot (Egypt) is a poet and former parliamentary candidate, having run for a parliamentary seat in late 2015. As well as being the chief editor of the literary magazine Qaws Qazah (The Rainbow), she is also a regular columnist...
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Narges Mohammadi (Iran) is an independent journalist and the former vice-president and spokesperson of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), which advocates for human rights reform and represents political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in legal proceedings. She is...
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