PEN wereldwijd

• International Mother Language Day 21 februari 2012
  21 February. Today marks International Mother Language Day, a day which recognizes the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity and promotes the protection of languages. Celebrated since 2000, the theme […]
  Ruth Simister
• Monthly letter from John Ralston Saul, International President – February 2012 17 februari 2012
  17 February 2012 Dear PEN Members, Dear friends, By now many of you will have read about our PEN International mission to Mexico. There is a great deal on the […]
  Ruth Simister
• ECUADOR – Supreme Court upholds three-year prison sentences and huge fines against El Universo 16 februari 2012
  Update #1 to RAN 42/11 16 February 2012 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International is deeply disappointed that the Ecuadoran Supreme Court decided, during the early hours […]
  cathal
• MEXICO – INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH 2012 16 februari 2012
  Murdered and Disappeared Women Writers Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to be a writer. Since 2006, at least 45 journalists, writers and […]
  cathal
• BRAZIL – Two Journalists Shot to Death 15 februari 2012
  RAN 09/12 15 February 2011 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests the recent murders of two Brazilian journalists, Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues and Mario Randolpho Marques […]
  cathal
• Appeal for a worldwide reading on 20 March 2012 for Liu Xiaobo 14 februari 2012
  The International Literature Festival Berlin (ilb) calls on cultural institutions, schools, radio stations and interested parties to participate in a worldwide reading of prose and poems by the Chinese author […]
  Ruth Simister
• CHINA: Dissident poet Zhu Yufu sentenced. 14 februari 2012
  14 February 2012 Update #1 to RAN 05/12 The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International condemns the seven-year prison sentence handed down to the writer Zhu Yufu on […]
  cathy
• SAUDI ARABIA: Fears for writer Hamza Kashgari after extradition. 13 februari 2012
  13 February 2012 RAN 09/12 PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee fears for the safety of writer Hamza Kashgari, who has been extradited to Saudi Arabia to face blasphemy charges. […]
  cathy
• SYRIA: Crackdown escalates; fears for safety 13 februari 2012
  PEN International is appalled by the use of excessive force to suppress dissent in the ongoing crackdown on anti-government protests by the Syrian authorities. It is also alarmed by the […]
  Ruth Simister
• PEN Centre visits in February 9 februari 2012
  This month I will be joining colleagues in Irish PEN to celebrate their Annual Awards evening. This year Irish PEN are delighted to be honouring Joseph O’Connor with the Irish […]
  Laura McVeigh