http://www.englishpen.org/rss/ Copyright: (C) English Pen English Pen RSS feed from http://www.englishpen.org/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:05:10 GMT Eynulla Fatullayev , a journalist who has been in prison on political charges since April 2007, has since 31 December 2009 been held in isolation. He was moved to the Baku Investigative Prison where he is held incommunicado after heroin was allegedly found in his possession. Originally for two months,... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/azerbaijanfatullayevtobeheldinisolationfortwomoremonths/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/azerbaijanfatullayevtobeheldinisolationfortwomoremonths/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 8 March 2010 - International Women's Day   2010 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN, which has since 1960 helped many hundreds, if not thousands, of writers attacked for expressing their ideas and speaking their minds. Throughout the year PEN members will... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/fiftyyearsofwomenwritersinprison/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/fiftyyearsofwomenwritersinprison/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT The impact of our libel laws on documentary film makers http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/theimpactofourlibellawsondocumentaryfilmmakerswhatyoudontgettosee/ http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/theimpactofourlibellawsondocumentaryfilmmakerswhatyoudontgettosee/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT English PEN is shocked by the murder of publisher and media entrepreneur Arun Singhaniya , who was shot dead on 1 March 2010. The motive for his killing is not known. His murder adds to PEN's concerns that journalists and writers continue to be targeted with apparent impunity in Nepal,... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/nepalpublisherarunsinghaniyakilled/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/nepalpublisherarunsinghaniyakilled/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A Manifesto Club and English PEN Event http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/fortressukclosingthedooroninternationalartistandacademics/ http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/fortressukclosingthedooroninternationalartistandacademics/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:05:59 GMT English PEN's literature education programme, Readers & Writers, presents a night of new voices from around the world. Launching their second hot-off-the-press book, A Letter To Some Man , six writers from the English PEN workshops at the Migrants Resource Centre in Westminster will read poems and prose, hosted by... http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/wearethereadersandwriters/ http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/wearethereadersandwriters/ Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT English PEN is deeply concerned for the well-being of columnist Pregeeth Ekanaliyagoda (also spelt Prageeth Eknaligoda ), who has been missing since 24 January 2010. We fear that pro-government forces may be responsible for his disappearance, and are calling for a thorough investigation into his case as a matter of... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/srilankacolumnistdisappearedfearsforsafety/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/srilankacolumnistdisappearedfearsforsafety/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT In response to the brutal crackdown against journalists and writers in Iran and as part of the 'Our Society Will Be A Free Society' campaign, a coalition of leading press freedom and free expression groups has launched an online petition drive calling for the release of those imprisoned. At least... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/campaigns/irancampaignoursocietywillbeafreesociety/launchofonlinepetitioniran/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/campaigns/irancampaignoursocietywillbeafreesociety/launchofonlinepetitioniran/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT English PEN strongly protests the five-year prison sentence handed to writer and activist Tan Zuoren on 9 February 2009, for 'inciting subversion of state power'. English PEN believes that Tan Zuoren's conviction and continuing imprisonment are in direct violation of his right to freedom of expression and opinion, and calls... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinawritertanzuorensentenced/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinawritertanzuorensentenced/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT A one-off benefit event to raise money for the libel reform campaign being run by the Coalition for Libel Reform http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/thebiglibelgig/ http://www.englishpen.org/events/penevents/thebiglibelgig/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Organisations supporting journalists, writers and publishers in Iran have called on Tehran officials to open the door to the United Nations' special rapporteurs on human rights - including its expert on freedom of expression Frank la Rue.   Resisting calls here for an international investigation into post-election abuses of human... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/iranfreeexpressiongroupscallonirantoopendoortounrightsexperts/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/iranfreeexpressiongroupscallonirantoopendoortounrightsexperts/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT A report by Burmese artist Htein Lin   Today on a dank Sunday Valentine's afternoon, about fifty of us, British and Burmese, poets and politicos, went to the Burmese Embassy in Mayfair for a poetry protest called 'Love and Hate in Burma', organised with English PEN. The protest was held... http://www.englishpen.org/events/reportsonrecentevents/loveandhateinburma-apoetryprotest/ http://www.englishpen.org/events/reportsonrecentevents/loveandhateinburma-apoetryprotest/ Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT English PEN continues to call on our members to take action on behalf of Liu Xiaobo and others detained in China. Liu Xiaobo, former President and Board member of Independent Chinese PEN Centre, was sentenced to eleven years in prison on 25 December 2009. He was convicted of 'incitement to... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinaprominentdissidentwriterliuxiaobosappealrejected/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinaprominentdissidentwriterliuxiaobosappealrejected/ Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT English PEN is part of a coalition of leading international journalists', writers', and publishers' organizations who today launched a campaign to press the government of Iran to release their colleagues imprisoned in the wake of last year's disputed presidential election in the Islamic Republic of Iran.   The 'Our Society Will... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/campaigns/irancampaignoursocietywillbeafreesociety/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/campaigns/irancampaignoursocietywillbeafreesociety/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT From Index on Censorship, the Committee to Protect Journalists, PEN, Reporters Sans Frontières, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and the International Publishers Association   February 10, 2010   Dear Ayatollah Khamenei,   We, the undersigned, organisations dedicated to freedom of expression, are writing on the 31st anniversary of the Iranian... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/campaigns/irancampaignoursocietywillbeafreesociety/openlettertoiraniansupremeleaderayatollahalikhamenei/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/campaigns/irancampaignoursocietywillbeafreesociety/openlettertoiraniansupremeleaderayatollahalikhamenei/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT