Mexico – In Focus
PEN International’s International President, John Ralston Saul, talked to The Globe and Mail about the urgent situation of violence and impunity targetting journalists and writers in Mexico. Watch the video …
PEN International Statement – Mexican Senate Backs Federalization of Crimes against Freedom of Expression14 March 2012 PEN International warmly welcomes the Mexican Senate’s approval, on 13 March 2012, of a constitutional amendment, which, if passed by Mexico’s states, will federalize crimes against journalists. …
Where words are ‘rags to cover corpses’ by John Ralston SaulJohn Ralston Saul, International President of PEN International, writing in the Globe and Mail It was a surprising scene. Fifty-two writers lined up in alphabetical order in four rows, famous …
Articles on PEN International’s Mexico campaign by Hori TakerariHori Takerari, International Secretary of PEN International writes… Hori Takerari is the International Secretary of PEN International.
‘In Mexico, reporters are hunted like rabbits’ by Gillian SlovoGillian Slovo, President of English PEN, writing in the Guardian It’s tied for first place with Pakistan as the world’s deadliest country for journalists At the end of January I …
Journalistes assassinés au Mexique : une situation intolérable by Emile MartelEmile Martel, President of Quebec PEN Centre, writing in La Presse. Une lettre publiée dans le quotidien de Mexico El Universal, le 27 janvier, l’avait annoncé. 170 écrivains des cinq …
The sobering truth about freedom of expression in Mexico: the killings continue and impunity reigns by Renu MandhaneRenu Mandhane, director International Human Rights Program (IHRP), writing in the University of Toronto Faculty of Law news. Yesterday, I arrived home from a week in one of Latin America’s …
PEN Protesta! Blog #5Written by Marian Botsford Fraser, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee, PEN International. Saturday afternoon: Just came from a terrific meeting with freedom of expression activists based in Mexico …
‘To the journalists and writers of Mexico…’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 …
PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must EndWriters’ 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” …
