Articles by PEN International
WiPC seriously concerned about health of detained Internet writer Ahmed Didi
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN welcomes the release of Internet writer Mohamed Zaki, who was unconditionally released on 18 August 2005. However, PEN remains seriously concerned about the continued detention of fellow writer Ahmed Ibrahim Didi, who is serving a fifteen-year sentence for writing articles for “Sandhaanu”, an Internet publication critical of the […]
Writer and leading opposition politician Mohamed Nasheed charged with “terrorism” and “sedition”
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN has protested the decision to charge opposition politician and writer Mohamed Nasheed with terrorism and sedition for “inciting violence against the president” in a speech he made in July. Nasheed was among several members of a newly established opposition party, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), arrested on 12 […]
Author Orhan Pamuk to face trial for “public denigration” of Turkish identity
(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN greets with shock the news that the world-famous Turkish writer, Orhan Pamuk, will be brought before an Istanbul court on 16 December 2005 and that he faces up to three years in prison for a comment published in a Swiss newspaper earlier this year. The charges stem from an interview given […]
Kurdish journalists and writers may face at least two months in prison; WiPC seriously concerned about writer and women’s rights activist Roya Toloui
(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN’s WiPC is seriously concerned about the detention of writer and women’s rights activist Roya Toloui, who was among several prominent Kurdish human rights defenders and journalists detained on 2 August 2005 following protests in the city of Sanandaj, capital of Kurdistan province. PEN fears that Toloui and those arrested with her […]
Writer and nuclear scientist Yury Bandazhevsky conditionally released
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is delighted by the unexpected release of Professor Yury Bandazhevsky, a nuclear scientist and writer on the effects of radioactive emissions on human beings. PEN is disappointed that his release was not unconditional and that restrictions will remain against him for the next five years. These include: having […]
Anthropology student Yektan Turkyilmaz released
(WiPC/IFEX) – Yektan Turkyilmaz, a PhD student of cultural anthropology held in Armenia since mid-June, was released from prison with a suspended sentence on 16 August 2005. The Malatia-Sebastia district court in the capital, Yerevan, convicted Turkyilmaz on two counts of attempting to take antique books out of the country. According to Radio Free Europe/Radio […]
International PEN protests murder of “La Prensa” journalist; suspect in custody
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is aghast at the murder on 14 August 2005 of journalist Rony Adolfo Olivas Olivas and calls upon the authorities to conduct an immediate investigation to bring those responsible to justice. Olivas, 47, was killed in Estelí, 150 kilometres north of Managua. He was a correspondent for the […]
International PEN protests arrest of writer Mohamed Nasheed, fears ill-treatment
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is seriously concerned about the arrest of opposition politician and writer Mohamed Nasheed, who was among several members of the newly established opposition party, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), arrested on 12 August 2005 during a peaceful protest in Malé. Nasheed was reportedly beaten by police after being […]