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- 28 Jan 2012 Lusaka
Zambian PEN Writers’ Circle - 31 Jan 2012 san miguel de allende
San Miguel de Allende PEN lecture series - 1 Feb 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
PEN PROTESTA! Leading authors Call for Justice for Murdered Colleagues in Mexico. January 27th, 2012
27 January 2012. PEN International today published a full-page ad in El Universal signed by 170 of the world’s leading writers declaring solidarity with Mexican writers and journalists. This is …
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International Mission to Bahrain Report says promises for reform unfulfilled, while situation deteriorates. January 24th, 2012
24 January 2012 Tunis/London A report from a six-member mission of international organisations to Bahrain last November called out Bahraini authorities for failing to deliver on promises of reform, despite …
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Oxfam Novib / PEN Awards celebrate writers against the odds. January 19th, 2012
Six writers have received the 2012 Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards in a ceremony in The Hague on 19 January 2012. The Oxfam Novib/PEN Awards are an annual event to recognise writers …
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ON THIS DAY: Turkey – Hrant Dink Murdered 19 January 2007. January 19th, 2012
A series of actions commemorating writers and journalists killed in recent years as part of PEN International’s focus on Killings with Impunity in 2012 Five years ago, on this day, …
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Day of the Dead Campaign 2011 Report. November 24th, 2011
On 2 November 2011 PEN International launched its Day of the Dead campaign commemorating the Mexican writers and print journalists who have been murdered, or who have disappeared, as a …
- ETHIOPIA – Two Journalists Given 14 Years in Prison; One Sentenced to Life Imprisonment January 27th, 2012
- UZBEKISTAN: Editor Muhamed Bekjanov to serve an additional five years in prison January 26th, 2012
- SRI LANKA – Prageeth Ekanaliyagoda disappeared 24 January 2010 January 25th, 2012
Recent blog posts
- January 27 2012 ➔
Written by Marian Botsford Fraser, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee, PEN International From the garden at Maria Cristina Hotel, Mexico City: we are looking at El Universal, the …
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Written by Marian Botsford Fraser, Chair of the Writers in Prison Comittee, PEN International. On the plane, to Mexico City from Vancouver: for months, PEN has been putting together a …
- January 10 2012 ➔
In September 2009 the American Civil Liberties Union began a project to give an account of the use of torture during the Bush administration. Larry Siems, Director of PEN America’s …
