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The 80th PEN International Congress Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

DSC_0035-1024x682This week, over 200 delegates and PEN members have gathered in Bishkek for the 80th PEN International Congress. Continue reading

BREAKING NEWS: 2014 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!

New Voices Award

BREAKING NEWS: 2014 SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!

‘The Fabulous Five’ by Kasim Bazil (Central Asian PEN)

‘The Frogs’ Chorus’ by Marina Babanskaya (St Petersburg PEN Chapter)

‘Vankila, and other poems’ by Amalia Cernat (Romanian PEN) Continue reading

PEN International/New Voices Award

PEN International’s New Voices Award encourages new writing in the countries in which we operate, and provides a much needed space for young and unpublished writers to promote their work.
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Report to the International Cities of Refuge Network AGM – May 2014

PEN International WiPC

Report to the International Cities of Refuge Network AGM – May 2014

Cathy McCann, Asia/MENA Researcher

I work as researcher and campaigner for PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee, overseeing our work on Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. I’d like to open by telling you about some key cases I’ve been working on in recent weeks and months: Continue reading

The Open Letter About Gao Yu From the PEN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN WRITERS’ COMMITTEE

PEN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN WRITERS’ COMMITTEE

Chair: Ekbal Baraka
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Human Rights: Lucina Kathmann

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May 13, 2014

His Excellency Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
Mr. Fu Zhenghua, Director, Beijing Public Security Bureau

re: Gao Yu

Your Excellency, Mr. Director,

The Women Writers Committee of PEN International, the largest worldwide association of writers, is concerned for our Chinese colleague, the veteran journalist Ms. Gao Yu, who has been detained since April 24 on the charge of “leaking state secrets abroad. “

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