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Update # 2 to RAN 42/11 22 February 2012 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 21 February 2012: Los hechos denunciados de la Comisión podrían constituir daños irreparables al …
International Mother Language Day21 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 …
Monthly letter from John Ralston Saul, International President – February 201217 February 2012 Dear PEN Members, Dear friends, By now many of you will have read about our PEN International mission to Mexico. There is a great deal on the …
ECUADOR – Supreme Court upholds three-year prison sentences and huge fines against El UniversoUpdate #1 to RAN 42/11 16 February 2012 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is deeply disappointed that the Ecuadoran Supreme Court decided, during the early hours …
MEXICO – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH 2012Murdered and Disappeared Women Writers Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to be a writer. Since 2006, at least 45 journalists, writers and …
BRAZIL – Two Journalists Shot to DeathRAN 09/12 15 February 2011 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the recent murders of two Brazilian journalists, Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues and Mario Randolpho Marques …
CHINA: Dissident poet Zhu Yufu sentenced.14 February 2012 Update #1 to RAN 05/12 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International condemns the seven-year prison sentence handed down to the writer Zhu Yufu on …
SAUDI ARABIA: Fears for writer Hamza Kashgari after extradition.13 February 2012 RAN 09/12 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee fears for the safety of writer Hamza Kashgari, who has been extradited to Saudi Arabia to face blasphemy charges. …
SYRIA: Crackdown escalates; fears for safetyPEN 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 …
PEN International Statement on Freedom of Expression in Ecuador8 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 …
