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Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Soulaiman Raissouni Occupation: journalist Situation: imprisoned in Morocco BACKGROUND Soulaiman Raissouni is a prominent Moroccan journalist and the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct opposition newspaper …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Iryna Danylovych Occupation: citizen journalist, human rights defender Situation: imprisoned in the Russian Federation BACKGROUND Born on 6 May 1979, Iryna Danylovych is a human …
Go Sherab Gyatso is one of four cases PEN International is featuring for this year’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Tashi Delek, Go Sherab Gyatso la, We were born on …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Go Sherab Gyatso Occupation: writer, educator and public intellectual Situation: imprisoned in China BACKGROUND A prominent Tibetan writer, educator and public intellectual, Go Sherab Gyatso, …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez Occupation: poet and activist Situation: imprisoned in Cuba BACKGROUND On March 10, 2022, Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez …
PEN Canada calls on the Canadian government to insist that combatants in the Hamas-Israel war protect and respect the right of journalists reporting from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, …
As every year, on November 15, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN calls for urgent international action to protect writers and journalists across the globe, who increasingly find themselves …
FREE EVENT from the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) Thursday, December 7, 4 p.m. EST Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Artificial intelligence raises a host of legal and human rights issues that …
Peter Showler, photo credit The Hill Times. PEN Canada mourns the death of Peter Showler O.C., former board member and Chair of the Writers in Peril Committee. b. 17 February, …
FREE EVENT from the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) Thursday, November 9, 2023, 4 p.m. EDT Zoom link: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 As schools face demands to remove books from their libraries and …