Edit, 4 June 2018: We are happy to note that Esono Ebalé has been allowed to leave, and has left Equatorial Guinea. We express our hope that his movement is no longer restricted and his right to criticise his government...
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On 15 November 2017, PEN South Africa partnered with the University of Cape Town’s Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) to commemorate one of the most important dates on the PEN calendar: the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer. The 2017...
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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 South Africa and the Institute for Creative Arts are hosting an event in Cape Town to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Find details here. On 15 November, PEN will mark the 36th Day of the Imprisoned Writer,...
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PEN South Africa and the Institute for Creative Arts, University of Cape Town invite you to join us in commemorating PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer on 15 November 2017. It is a day that marks, globally, the persecution, and...
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