Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Deepa Rajagopalan writes to Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken
Deepa Rajagopalan writes to Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken for PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
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Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Irwin Cotler writes to Dawit Isaak
Irwin Cotler writes to Dawit Isaak for PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Ken Whyte writes to Rahile Dawut
Ken Whyte writes to Rahile Dawut for PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Yann Martel writes to Selahattin Demirtaş
Yann Martel writes to Selahattin Demirtaş for the Day of Imprisoned Writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Em Dial writes to Maykel Osorbo
Dear Maykel — After reading your story, listening to your music, and meditating on the role of an artist in the fight for a more equitable world, I feel compelled to voice my …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | IRAN: Sedigeh Vasmaghi
Sedigeh Vasmaghi is a theologian, poet, writer, and women’s rights activist who has written on a broad sweep of theological, political and social issues. She is highly regarded in Iran …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | PERU: Paola Ugaz
Paola Ugaz is a Peruvian investigative journalist, editor and writer. She is facing a campaign of legal harassment, threats, and defamation lawsuits due to her investigations into acts of corruption, as well as physical, psychological and sexual abuse within the Peruvian religious organization Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana, which she has been investigating since 2010.
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | UGANDA: Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija is a Ugandan novelist and journalist. He is the author of The Greedy Barbarians, a novel which explores themes of high-level corruption in a fictional country.
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | TURKEY: Osman Kavala
Osman Kavala is a publisher, civil and cultural rights activist and philanthropist working toward peace, human rights, and democracy in Turkey.
Imprisoned But Not Silenced
Each year, on November 15, PEN members commemorate the Day of the Imprisoned Writer.