PEN South Africa, in collaboration with the Institute of Creative Arts at the University of Cape Town, commemorated the 2018 Day of the Imprisoned Writer with a dynamic and thought-provoking event at UCT’s Hiddingh Hall. One of the most important...
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Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak was arrested as part of the September 2001 crackdown on Eritrea’s independent press, which saw the country’s eight privately-owned newspapers closed down. As owner of the weekly newspaper Setit, Isaak was arrested along with other print...
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The PEN African Network (PAN), the coalition of PEN International centres in Africa, calls on His Excellency, Isaias Afewerki, President of Eritrea, and the Hon. Minister of Justice Fawzia Hashim, to immediately clarify the fate of all journalists detained by...
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1 June 2015 Eritrea: Authorities must clarify fate of Dawit Isaak and other journalists detained without trial for 5,000 days Tomorrow marks 5,000 days since the Swedish-Eritrean writer and journalist Dawit Isaak and nine other Eritrean journalists were arrested on...
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