Pen International
In Focus
- 25 Feb 2012 Addis Ababa
Ethiopian PEN Writers’ Congress - 29 Feb 2012 san miguel de allende
San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series - 14 Mar 2012 san miguel de allende
San Miguel de Allende Writers Aloud event series
Every year, PEN International hosts a number of events around the world promoting freedom of expression and celebrating literature in a variety of ways. PEN Centres stage events such as literary festivals large and small, storytelling sessions with families and children, book clubs and everything in between. One important occasion to mark is the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November, which gives the entire PEN community a chance to celebrate our work across the world as well as drawing attention to the ongoing persecution faced by many writers today.
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News
International Mother Language Day. February 21st, 2012
21 February. Today marks International Mother Language Day, a day which recognizes the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity and promotes the protection of languages. Celebrated since 2000, the theme …
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SYRIA: Crackdown escalates; fears for safety. February 13th, 2012
PEN International is appalled by the use of excessive force to suppress dissent in the ongoing crackdown on anti-government protests by the Syrian authorities. It is also alarmed by the …
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PEN International Statement on Freedom of Expression in Ecuador. February 8th, 2012
8 February 2012 PEN International is deeply concerned by the state of free expression in Ecuador. The latest worrying developments include a change in electoral law that will choke reporting …
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‘To the journalists and writers of Mexico…’. January 31st, 2012
On 27 January 2012 PEN International published a letter in the Mexican paper El Universal and Canadian Le Devoir addressed to the writers and journalists of Mexico, who have been …
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PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must End. January 30th, 2012
Writers’ Organization Concludes Five-Day Mission Highlighted by Historic Public Declaration of Solidarity Mexico City, January 30, 2012—A delegation of PEN International today reiterated its call for “immediate and definitive action” …
- ECUADOR – Inter American Commission on Human Rights orders suspension of sentences against El Universo February 22nd, 2012
- Monthly letter from John Ralston Saul, International President – February 2012 February 17th, 2012
- ECUADOR – Supreme Court upholds three-year prison sentences and huge fines against El Universo February 16th, 2012
Recent blog posts
- February 14 2012 ➔
The International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb) calls on cultural institutions, schools, radio stations and interested parties to participate in a worldwide reading of prose and poems by the Chinese author …
- February 9 2012 ➔
This month I will be joining colleagues in Irish PEN to celebrate their Annual Awards evening. This year Irish PEN are delighted to be honouring Joseph O’Connor with the Irish …
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An appeal from Basque PEN Club 26 April 2012 will be the 75th anniversary of the bombing of the town of Gernika, Spain, by the Nazi Legion-Condor aiding General Franco …
