DOIW 2022 – Peter Showler writes to José Rubén Zamora Marroquín
Peter Showler writes to José Rubén Zamora Marroquín on PEN International’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
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DOIW 2022: Anna Porter writes to Server Mustafayev
Dear Server, I have read about your violent arrest, your trial in a military court on trumped-up charges, and the court’s sentencing you to fourteen years in one of the …
DOIW 2022: El Jones writes to Tsitsi Dangarembga
On the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN Canada board member El Jones writes to Tstitsti Dangarembga.
DOIW 2022 — Siri Hustvedt writes to Narges Mohammadi
Siri Hustvedt writes to Narges Mohammadi.
DOIW 2022 – Take action for José Rubén Zamora Marroquín
José Rubén Zamora Marroquín is a renowned Guatemalan journalist and founder of three of the most-read newspapers in Guatemala and Central America: Siglo Veintiuno, Nuestro Diario, and elPeriódico.
DOIW 2022 – Take action for Server Mustafayev
Server Mustafayev is a Crimean Tatar citizen journalist and human rights defender, founder and coordinator of the grassroots, human rights movement Crimean Solidarity in Russian-occupied Crimea.
DOIW 2022 – Take Action for Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga is an award-winning Zimbabwean novelist, filmmaker, playwright, activist, and founding member of PEN Zimbabwe.
Resisting Iran’s Theocracy
On September 16, 2022, a young woman from the Kurdish town of Saqez in northwest Iran travelled to Tehran. Shortly after her arrival, she was arrested for wearing an “improper hijab” and later died while in the custody of the “Morality Police.” Her tragic and unjust death sparked a series of protests and her name Zhina (Mahsa) soon became a national symbol of resistance to an oppressive, theocratic and misogynist government.
Support PEN Canada on Giving Tuesday 2022
Together We Stand for Freedom of Expression This past August, the brutal attack on Sir Salman Rushdie was a chilling reminder that freedom of expression can never be taken for …
DOIW 2022 – Take Action for Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi is an Iranian writer, journalist, human rights defender, and Honorary Member of the Danish, Belgian, Norwegian, and Swedish PEN centres. She is the former Vice-President and spokesperson of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC), co-winner of the 2013 Oxfam Novib / PEN Award, and winner of the 2011 Per Anger Prize and the 2009 Alexander Langer Award.