{"id":3624,"date":"2014-10-03T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T21:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2014-10-03T17:34:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T21:34:38","slug":"the-80th-pen-international-congress-bishkek-kyrgyzstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/the-80th-pen-international-congress-bishkek-kyrgyzstan","title":{"rendered":"The 80th PEN International Congress Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0035-1024x682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0035-1024x682-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0035-1024x682\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0035-1024x682-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0035-1024x682-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0035-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week, over 200 delegates and PEN members have gathered in Bishkek for the 80th PEN International Congress.<!--more--> Follow PEN\u2019s photo blog for updates. For more information click here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0093-1024x607.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3626\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0093-1024x607-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0093-1024x607\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0093-1024x607-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0093-1024x607-800x474.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0093-1024x607.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWriters from 80 PEN Centres from across the globe gather in Bishkek for the annual PEN International Congress<br \/>\nOSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovi\u0107 ddelivering her keynote speech at the 80th PEN Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan<\/p>\n<p>P<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0106-1024x682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3627\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0106-1024x682-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0106-1024x682\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0106-1024x682-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0106-1024x682-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0106-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>EN International President John Ralston Saul introducing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovi\u0107 on the cogress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.<br \/>\nRussian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen and Ukranian novelist Andrei Kurkov on Violence and Propaganda at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0113-1024x631.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0113-1024x631-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0113-1024x631\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0113-1024x631-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0113-1024x631-800x492.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0113-1024x631.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>80th PEN International Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Chaired by Finnish journalist, Anna-Lena Laur\u00e9n.<\/p>\n<p>Russian-American journalist and writer Masha Gessen, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee, Marian Botsford Fraser, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0087-1-1024x559.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0087-1-1024x559-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0087-1-1024x559\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0087-1-1024x559-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0087-1-1024x559-800x436.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0087-1-1024x559.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovi\u0107, President of PEN South Africa, Margie Orford and Executive Director of English PEN Jo Glanville, discussing criminal defamation at the 80th PEN International Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0073-1024x576.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3630\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0073-1024x576-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0073-1024x576\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0073-1024x576-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0073-1024x576-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/10\/DSC_0073-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The wife of imprisoned writer Azimzhan Askarov, Hadicha Askarova, appealling on her husband\u2019s behalf to PEN at Congress.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pen-international.org\/09\/2014\/the-80th-pen-international-congress-bishkek-kyrgyzstan\/#sthash.XaHw8LBy.dpuf\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, over 200 delegates and PEN me &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/the-80th-pen-international-congress-bishkek-kyrgyzstan\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1003,102],"views":4394,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3631,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions\/3631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}