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Teresa Toda s text will be published in an Antohlogy
[2010-07-04]
Italia PEN zentzuak ekimen interesgarria jarri du martxan: munduan diren 50 idazle jazarrien testuak bildu eta antologia bat argitaratu beraien testigantzarekin. Teresa Todaren testua eskaintzen dugu jatorrizko bertsioan, ingelesez. Ez...
Vedat Kursuni Kurdish journalist gets 166 years
[2010-05-15]
Diyarbakir - A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced the former editor of a Kurdish-language newspaper to 166 years and six months in jail on charges of spreading propaganda for separatist rebels.The court ruled that Vedat Kursun had 'disseminated...
BECAUSE WRITERS SPEAK THEIR MINDS
[2010-05-11]
In 1972, Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín was arrested and sentenced to two years imprisonment because an unpublished manuscript found in his house by the police had been considered to be a criticism of the...
Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (1972) writes … thank you International PEN!: Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín (1972) in a letter to PEN sent 19 April 2010 remembers Peter Elstob, former General Secretary of International PEN, visiting him during his trial in Spain and thanks PEN for their help and support
The Long Shadow of Impunity Darkens World Press Freedom Day
[2010-04-30]
On May 3rd every year, International PEN joins writer colleagues and activists around the world in celebrating World Press Freedom Day. We take this opportunity to recognize the principles of press freedom, which are underwritten by the...
