Articles by PEN America
Iranian writer and Vietnamese Internet dissident to receive 2004 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 16 April 2004 PEN American Center press release: Iranian Writer and Lawyer, Vietnamese Internet Dissident to Receive 2004 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards New York, New York – PEN American Center today named Nasser Zarafshan, a writer, translator and attorney serving a five year prison term for his […]
Cuban journalist, Tunisian e-zine writer to receive 2003 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 2 April 2003 PEN American Center press release: Cuban Journalist, Tunisian e-zine Writer to Receive 2003 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards New York, New York, April 2, 2003: PEN American Center today named Bernardo Arévalo Padron, an independent journalist serving a 6-year prison term for calling attention to […]
PEN protests U.S. treatment of Turkish rights champion
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 22 October 2002 PEN American Center and PEN USA West press release, followed by an 11 October 2002 PEN letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell and Attorney General John Ashcroft: PEN Protests U.S. Treatment of Turkish Rights Champion Writer and Political Scientist Haluk Gerger, Wife Barred Entry on […]
Risking retribution, leading human rights lawyer pleads for jailed husband’s release
(PEN Canada/PEN American Center/IFEX) – The following is a 25 June 2002 PEN Canada and PEN American Center press release: RISKING RETRIBUTION, LEADING IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER PLEADS FOR JAILED HUSBAND’S RELEASE Margaret Atwood, Susan Sontag Lead Canadian, US PEN Centres in Demanding Action on Colleagues Imprisoned in Iran; former UN Representative on Human Rights […]
Burmese poet, Uighur historian to receive 2002 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN American Center press release: Burmese Poet, Uighur Historian to Receive 2002 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards New York, New York, April 11, 2002 – PEN American Center today named Aung Myint, a Burmese poet serving a 21-year prison term for distributing a press release to foreign diplomats […]
International PEN president declines Yugoslav award
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 7 August 2000 joint PEN American Center and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) press release: INTERNATIONAL PEN PRESIDENT DECLINES YUGOSLAV AWARD To protest the repression of writers in Serbia, Homero Aridjis, the President of International PEN, is refusing the “Smederevo Golden Key” literary prize at the Smederevo Fall Poetry […]
Threat to suspend museum’s funding
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN statement regarding the threat to cut subsidies to the Brooklyn Museum of Art: ADD YOUR NAME to PEN Statement on the Brooklyn Museum of Art controversy SIGN ON to the statement (copied below) in defense of artistic freedom at www.pen.org Join the hundreds of writers, artists and concerned […]
Poets’ statement on behalf of imprisoned Albanian poet
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN poets’ statement addressed to President Slobodan Milosevic on behalf of imprisoned Albanian poet Flora Brovina: **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 June and 30 April 1999** PEN POETS’ STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF IMPRISONED ALBANIAN POET FLORA BROVINA August 27, 1999 As poets, we write to express our outrage at […]