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Originally published by English PEN | Photo of Alaa Abd El-Fattah, courtesy of freealaa.net. Photo by Mosaab El-Shamy. April 17, 2024 Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group …
PEN Canada partners with TIFA to celebrate four annual awards and draw attention to writers across the world who are imperiled because of their written work.
Imprisoned Palestinian poet and visual artist Ashraf Fayadh will receive the PEN Canada One Humanity Award, October 20 at the International Festival of Authors.
The Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega will receive PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award on the opening night of the 36th International Festival of Authors.
Former PEN Canada president Charles Foran presents the award to Liu Xiaobo. We had hoped to get his reaction but we were unable to make contact with him in prison. Activist …
Vietnamese blogger Dieu Cay will receive the One Humanity Award at PEN Canada’s annual benefit at the 34th International Festival of Authors (IFOA) on October 24, 2013.