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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: 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, …
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 …