Articles by PEN Canada
Twelve IFEX members sign on to protest letter on behalf of detained journalist Akbar Ganji
(PEN Canada/CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a joint appeal signed by twelve IFEX members on behalf of detained journalist Akbar Ganji: WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY APPEAL ON BEHALF OF AKBAR GANJI May 3, 2001 To: His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed ‘Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran His Excellency Hojjat-ul-Islam Seyyed Mohammad Khatami, […]
PEN Canada calls for urgent action in support of jailed writer and political activist Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello
**Updates IFEX alerts of 18 February and 19 January 2000, 12 and 2 March 1999** (PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 25 February 2000 PEN Canada letter to Cuban President Fidel Castro requesting further information about the state of detained writer Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello’s health, and seeking assurance that while in detention, she […]
Eight IFEX members and affiliates sign on to Nikitin appeal
(PEN Canada/IFEX) – We are appealing on behalf of Aleksandr Nikitin, a retired naval captain who will be going to trial on charges of treason in the form of espionage on October 20 in St. Petersburg. The charges are in connection with a chapter Nikitin wrote in a report by the Bellona Foundation of Norway, […]
Free Vietnam Alliance, PEN Canada, and CCPJ appeal for support of freedom of expression in Vietnam
(PEN Canada/CCPJ/IFEX) – The Free Vietnam Alliance, PEN Canada and the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists have joined together to call for solidarity for all those imprisoned in Vietnam for exercising their right to freedom of expression. They ask supporters to sign the statement and send their signatures to the Free Vietnam Alliance in France, […]