Articles by PEN International
International community calls for the release of VICE fixer Mohammed Ismael Rasool
Members of the IFEX network and other concerned organisations demand justice for wrongful imprisonment of Mohammed Ismael Rasaool
Syria must disclose location of arrested activist Bassel Khartabil
Syria’s authorities have yet to disclose the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of information, one month after his transfer to an undisclosed location, 22 organisations said on 4 November 2015. Syrian authorities should immediately reveal his whereabouts and release him.
Honduras formally bans journalist from practicing profession
The Honduran government has yet again displayed contempt for the authority of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights by formally banning journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado from his profession for 16 months on 29 October 2015.
On heels of latest attack, Bangladesh urged to protect secular writers and their publishers
The Bangladesh government is abjectly failing in its obligation to protect secular writers and their publishers from harm, PEN International and PEN Bangladesh said, after attacks on 31 October left publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan dead and three others seriously injured.
Honduran journalist prevented from testifying at Inter-American Commission
Authorities denied journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado permission to leave Honduras to attend a meeting on his case convened by the IACHR.
Court ruling deals major blow to media freedom and Inter-American body
The Honduran Supreme Court has failed to implement a legally-binding order by the IACHR to protect Julio Ernesto Alvarado’s right to work in his profession.
Call for thorough investigation into murder of Indian scholar and writer
78-year-old Indian scholar and writer Dr. Malleshappa Madivalappa Kalburgi Kalburgi had, through his writings and his speeches, upset groups within the Lingayat communityas well as Right Wing Hindutva groups.
Three years since disappearance of Syrian citizen journalist Osama Al-Habali
Three years ago on 18 August 2015, citizen journalist and film-maker Osama al-Habali was arrested as he sought to cross the border from Lebanon into his native Syria. He has not been heard from since his disappearance.