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PEN International celebrates literature and promotes freedom of expression. Founded in 1921, our global community of writers now spans more than 100 countries. Our campaigns, events, publications and programmes aim to connect writers and readers wherever they are in the world. PEN International is a non-political organisation and holds special consultative status at the United Nations.
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Breaking news and latest press releases
Past press releases:
Press Release festival Free the Word! Haiti 12/04/2012
PEN Protesta!PEN International to Mexican Government 30/01/2012 – English
Press release: PEN Inrternational to Mexican Government 30/01/2012 – Spanish
Communiqué de presse: Le PEN international au Gouvernement mexicain30/012/012 – French
PEN Protesta! WRITERS TO DENOUNCE VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS AT MAJOR EVENT ON SUNDAY 27/01/2012 – English
PEN Protesta! ESCRITORES DENUNCIAN LA VIOLENCIA CONTRA PERIODISTAS EN EL EVENTO PRINCIPAL EL DOMINGO 27/01/2012 – Español
PEN International deeply saddened by death of Václav Havel 19/12/2011 – English
Liu Xiaobo one year on: PEN International renews calls for the writer’s release from detention in China 10/12/2011 – English
Swedish PEN statement on Ericsson’s responsibility in Syria 01/12/2011 – English
PEN Expresses Concern over Secrecy Bill Passed in South African National Assembly 23/11/2011 – English
PEN International applauds the publication of seized manuscript as Turkish writers rally around imprisoned journalist 19/11/11 – English
PEN calls for press freedom at Occupy sites 16/11/2011 – English
Press Release: Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2011 – 14/11/2011 – English
Day of the Dead Campaign Launch 02/11/2011 – English
Day of the Dead 2011 vigil with English PEN 02/11/2011 – English
Publishers’ Circle at Frankfurt Book Fair 12/10/2011 – English
Le Cercle des editeurs a la Foire du livre en Francfort 12/10/2011 – Francais
El Círculo de Editores a la Feria de libros de Fráncfort 12/10/2011 – Espanol
Dawit Isaak Manifesto launch 23/09/2011 – English
Girona Manifesto 15/09/2011 – English
Congress celebrates Nobel Prize Laureates 13/09/2011 – English
PEN International in the media:
09/05/2012 B92 Balkanska mreža PEN-a u Beogradu
16/05/2012 Sin embargo Los oídos sordos de Felipe Calderón Hinojosa; el desdén del mandatario al Pen Club Internacional
04/30/2012 Huffington Post Honduras: Killing Free Expression
04/30/2012 Huffington Post A Bold New Literary Festival in Haiti
04/30/2012 THe Globe and Mail: Editorial: Mexico must do more to protect journalists
18/04/2012 The New York Review of Books Bringing Censors to the Book Fair
18/04/2012 Vibe Ghana PEN warns against hate speech, intimidation
18/04/2012 Modern Ghana PEN warns against hate speech, intimidation
18/04/2012 Le Nouvelliste Libérez la parole !
17/04/2012 AlterPresse Haiti-Culture : Libérez les mots ! Libérez la parole !
13/04/2012 Le Matin Le Festival « Libérez la Parole » en hommage à Jacques Stephen Alexis
17/04/2012 The Independent London book fair interrupted by protest at China’s rights abuses
13/04/2012 The Economist: China and the London Book Fair: Playing it by the book
13/04/2012 The Guardian: Is the London Book Fair supporting Chinese censorship?
13/04/2012 The Independent Boyd Tonkin: Fill the book fair’s empty chairs
13/04/2012 La Matin Le Festival « Libérez la Parole » en hommage à Jacques Stephen Alexis
12/04/2012 The Guardian Chinese voices, open letter
12/04/2012 Tadias.com Top PEN Prize to Honor Eskinder Nega, Jailed Ethiopian Journalist & Blogger
The Guardian Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s death would be a stain on Bahrain
26/03/2012 MIT News: MIT SHASS welcomes PEN New England to new home on campus
18/03/2012 Los Tiempos: Pen Bolivia celebra Dia Mundial de la Poesia 2012
14/03/2012 Terra: Pen Internacional aplaude reforma sobre delitos contra la prensa en México
16/03/2012 SomaliTalk : Gudoomiyaha Qalinleyda Adduunka Mr. John Ralston Saul Oo Dalka Jabuuti Kulan Balaaran Kula Qaatey Xog-hayaga Guud Ee Wasaaradda Warfaafinta Dalka Jabuuti
14/03/2012 HidroCalido : Pen Internacional aplaude la reforma sobre los delitos contra la prensa en México
20/03/2012 Quill & Quire : Global Reading honours imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo
15/03/2012 Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey: PEN official, publisher slam Turkey on scribes
08/03/2012 Huffington Post: International Women’s Day: Remembering the Murdered Women Writers of Mexico
08/03/2012 Daily Times, Nigeria: Nigerian women join the world in connecting girls
08/03/2012 Daily News, Turkey : PEN Turkey gives prize to scribes behind bars
02/03/2012 Publishing Perspectives: PEN Ethiopia opens, led by Award-winning YA Author by Dennis Abrams
17/02/2012 Backrounder: The story behind the sentences
12/02/2012 The Indepentend Are we really going to abandom the PM’s new best Friend?
11/02/2012 The independent.ie : Delighted President picks up PEN honour
03/12/2011 The Irish Times: Joseph O’Connor wins Irish PEN Award
10/02/2012 The Irish Times: O’Connor to receive Irish PEN Prize from President
10/02/2012 Proceso: La labor del PEN club
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09/02/2012 El Universo: PEN Internacional urge a Correa a retirar querella contra El Universo
09/02/2012 La Verdad: Internacional urge a Correa a retirar su querella contra El Universo
09/02/2012 El Commercio: Indignación por condena a periodistas/em>
09/02/2012 hoy.com: PEN Internacional urge a Correa a retirar su querella contra El Universo
09/02/2012 Expreso.ec: PEN Internacional urge a Correa a retirar su querella contra El Universo
09/02/2012 El Confidencial: PEN Internacional urge a Correa a retirar su querella contra El Universo
09/02/2012 Equadorenvivo.com: El exjefe de Opinión de El Universo confía en lograr el asilo en EEUU
03/02/2012 allafrica.com: Cameroon: Coup Charges Against Writer Dropped, Still Faces Military Tribunal
03/02/2012The Guardian, ‘In Mexico, reporters are hunted like rabbits’, Gillian Slovo
03/02/2012 The Globe and Mail Where words are ‘rags to cover corpses’ by John Ralston Saul
02/02/12 CNN Mexico ‘La guerra contra el periodismo en México’ , interview with John Ralston Saul
31/01/12 The Guardian: PEN Writers tell Mexican government to act against murderers of journalists, Roy Greenslade
31/01/12 Cronica de Hoy:Proyecto de reforma con capítulo especial contra agravios a periodistas, está en manos del Congreso
31/01/2012 Milenio: Se castigarán crímenes contra periodistas: PGR
30/01/2012 Organización mundial exige cuidar periodistas
31/01/2012 El Economista: El PEN, frustrado por brecha entre retórica y acción
30/01/2012 PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must End/a>
30/01/2012 PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must End
30/01/2012 CPJ: In Mexico mission, PEN speaks for a silenced press, Mike O’Connor
Voz de America: Piden seguridad en México
30/01/2012 Diario del Sur:Libertad de prensa e información, garantizadas por el estado: PGR
30/01/2012 El Financiero:Escritores reprueban crímenes contra periodistas
30/12/2012 El Siglo:Otra condena. ¿Y los resultados cuándo?
30/01/2012 ABC.es:El PEN Internacional pide acciones contra asesinatos de periodistas en Mexico
30/01/2012 Procuraduría General de la República
30/01/2012 Por esto!, Yucatan
30/01/2012 La violencia debe parar
30/01/2012 The Herald: Writers defend journalists’ rights
30/01/2012 Blog de A. Arzaba: PEN Protesta! In Solidarity with Mexican Writers and Journalists, Andrea Arzaba
29/01/2012 Los Angeles Times: Writers from around the world offer support to Mexican journalists, Tracy Wilkinson
Proceso.com.mex: Repudian escritores secuestro y asesinato de periodistas en México
29/01/2012 La Jornada: Exige PEN Club Internacional detener violencia en el país
28/01/2012 Milenio Online: Por la libertad de las ideas
28/01/2012 La Jornada:Embajada de EU y PEN International analizan apoyo a periodistas de México
28/01/2012 El Nuevo Diario: Comunicado del PEN Internacional
28/01/2012 EFE: Escritores norteamericanos unidos con México en MSN Video
28/01/2012 El Universal: El PEN Club expresa su apoyo a periodistas
28/01/2012 ConlupalaRevista: Presenta FUNDALEX casos ante PEN Internacional
28/01/2012 Ciudadanía Express: Amenazan a periodistas; Fundalex denuncia ante PEN Internacional
28/01/2012 La Tribuna: Escritores del mundo piden a México proteger a periodistas
28/01/2012 Milenio:“La corrupción oscurece la línea entre el mundo criminal y el público”por Alicia Quiñones
28/01/2012 El Golfo: Pen Club por muertes en México
28/01/2012 Latin American Herald Tribune: PEN Expresses Support for Mexican Reporters Amid Violence
Mundo:Asociación de escritores visita México en defensa de periodistas,/em>
27/01/2012 Le devoir
27/01/2012 Debate: Escritores exigen frenar asesinatos de periodistas
27/01/2012 The Washington Post: PEN writers group condemns attacks on Mexican journalists
27/01/2012 San Francisco Chronicle: PEN writers condemn attacks on Mexico journalists
27/01/2012 Digital Journal: PEN Protesta! Writers to Denounce Violence Against Journalists at Major Event on Sunday
27/01/2012 CBS News: PEN writers condemn attacks on Mexico journalists
27/01/2012 Cambio: Fundalex se reunirá con el PEN Club Internacional
27/01/2012 BBC World News: Writers condemn violence against Mexico journalists
27/01/2012 ABC News: PEN Writers Condemn Attacks on Mexico Journalists
27/01/2012 Diario Oaxaca: FUNDALEX se reunirá con el club internacional
27/01/2012 La Tercera: Asociación de escritores visita México en defensa de periodistas
27/01/2012 El Diario: Convocan a manifestación por periodistas desaparecidos
27/01/2012 3er Sector: Fundalex se reunirá con el PEN Club Internacional
27/01/2012 EFE: PEN Club expresa apoyo a periodistas y ciudadanos de México ante la violencia
27/01/2012 Digital Journal: Media Advisory: PEN Protesta! Writers to Denounce Violence Against Journalists at Major Event on Sunday
27/021/2012 lainformacion.mx: PEN expresses support for Mexican reporters amid violence
27/01/2012 W Radio: Escritores piden a México frenar violencia
27.01.2012 Cambio de Michoacan: Urge club de Periodistas, Editores y Novelistas frenar ataques contra periodistas
El Universal: Escritores exigen frenar asesinatos de periodistas
26/01/2012 El Universal: PEN Internacional expresa solidaridad con México
26/01/2012 La Cronica: Los periodistas, olvidados por la justicia, Carlos Ferreyra
25/01/2012 El Popular: PEN Internacional envía su directiva a México
25/01/2012 Clases de Periodisimo: Asociación de escritores se solidariza con periodistas y bloggers mexicanos, Kevin Moran
25/01/12 La Informacion: PEN Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
25/01/2012 etcétera: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 El Confidencial: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 Que!: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 La Verdad: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 La Rioja: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 La Voz: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 Finanzas: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
25/01/2012 ABC.es: PEN Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
25/01/2012 Terra: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 AllAfrica.com Cameroon: Writer Detained, Faces Up to 50 Years in Prison
24/01/2012 Terra: PEN llega a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 SDP Univision: PEN Internacional envía directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 Aguas: El PEN Club Internacional se solidarizará con periodistas mexicanos
24/01/2012 butatlat.com: More groups press for release of detained artist Ericson Acosta
24/01/2012 diariovasco.com: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 Diario Sur: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 El Correo: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 Ideal: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 El Norte De Castilla: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 Terra: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 El Diario Montanes: Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 Publimetro: PEN Internacional envía su directiva a México en solidaridad con periodistas
24/01/2012 Milenio: Escritores protestarán contra la violencia hacia periodistas
23/01/2012 Libertad de Expresión CIMAC: Periodistas mexicanos podrán tomar el curso en línea Estrategias para cobertura en áreas de riesgo
23/01/2012 Acentos.La próxima semana llegará a México una nutrida delegación del PEN Club Internacional para protestar por los periodistas asesinados
23/01/2012 Diario de Xalapa, México por Raul Espinoza
23/01/2012 Canadian News Wire: Media Advisory: PEN Protesta! Writers to gather at Mexico City event denouncing violence against journalists
21/01/2012 Morocco World News: Rachid Nini Wins the Oxfam/PEN Award by Loubna Flah
20/01/2012 Voz en red Escritores protestarán contra la violencia hacia periodistas
22/12/2011 Ahlul BAYT news Agency: Bahrain: Baby’s death, arrest of al-Khawaja threaten government’s commitment to reform
19/12/2011 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Czechs Mourn Late President Havel
18/12/2011 CBC News: Vaclav Havel had world-changing courage by Jeremy Kinsman
14/12/2011 The Globe and Mail: Injustice in Bahrain by Marian Botsford Fraser
10/12/2011 Philippine Daily Inquirer : PEN vows combat vs climate changeby Dexter R. Matilla
09/12/2011 Digital Journal: Defying Unfavorable Attention, China’s Liu Xiaobo Still in Prison
09/12/2011 Galamus: A bebörtönzött Nobel-békedíjas kínai író szabadon engedését követelte a Nemzetközi PEN Klub
09/12/2011 SIC Noticias: PEN Clube lança campanha para libertar escritor Liu Xiaobo
09/12/2011 Infobae.com América: ‘¡No se olviden que Liu Xiaobo sigue en la cárcel!’
09/12/2011 El Universal: PEN demanda la liberación del escritor chino Liu Xiaobo
09/12/2011 Lainformacion.com: El Club Internacional PEN solicita la “inmediata liberación” de Liu Xiaobo
09/12/2011 laverdad.es: Club Internacional PEN solicita la “inmediata liberación” de Liu Xiaobo
09/12/2011 El Economista: El Club Internacional PEN solicita la “inmediata liberación” de Liu Xiaobo
09/12/2011 Sur.es: Club Internacional PEN solicita la “inmediata liberación” de Liu Xiaobo
09/12/2011 Larioja.com: Club Internacional PEN solicita la “inmediata liberación” de Liu Xiaobo
03/12/2011 Digital Journal: Hrant Dink, another Mandela, King, or maybe Gandhi? by Robert G. Cope
03/12/2011 DN.se:PEN-klubben manar Ericsson att ta ansvar
23/11/2011 Bloomberg News: Publisher Decries ‘Mass Lynching’ in Turkish Crackdown by Philip Boroff
15/11/2011 CBS New York: Several Journalists Among Those Arrested During Zuccotti Park Raid
15/11/2011 Deutsche Welle World: Writing can be deadly
15/11/2011 The Bookseller: PEN joins calls for Zarakolu to be freed
13/09/2011 Accra Mail: Ghana PEN represented at Belgrade Congress 2011
13/09/2011 The Star: Kenyan writers attend world congress in Belgrade
26/07/2011 Publishing Perspectives: Against All Odds, 1,000 Strong Afghan PEN Survives, Thrives by Olivia Snaije
06/12/2010 The Globe and Mail: What China’s real friends say about Liu Xiaobo
02/04/2011 The Guardian, Should writers heed calls for boycotts?, Gillian Slovo
09/12/2010 Le Monde: Libérez le dissident Liu Xiaobo!
11/12/2010 Correio Braziliense: Artigo: Liu Xiaobo e os verdadeiros amigos da China
15/02/2010 Los Angeles Times: Mexico’s killing fieldsby Tony Cohan and Tamsin Mitchell
11/04/2008 The Guardian Online: Why London needs another literary festival by Sarah Ardizzone
08/04/2008 The Guardian: The Middle East has culture, not just terrorism by Hassan Abdulrazzak
06/01/2008 Sunday Punch, Nigeria: For the sake of the PEN
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