http://www.englishpen.org/rss/ Copyright: (C) English Pen English Pen RSS feed from http://www.englishpen.org/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:01:05 GMT English PEN is seriously concerned about the health of Le Devoir editor Robert Mintya , who has been imprisoned pending trial for alleged forgery since February 2010. Mintya has recently been transferred to hospital after being attacked by another prisoner, but reportedly has limited access to medical care. We recall... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cameroonfearsforhealthofimprisonededitor/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cameroonfearsforhealthofimprisonededitor/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is delighted at the news of the release of three more Cuban journalists imprisoned since 2003. English PEN's Honorary Member Fabio Prieto Llorente and fellow journalist Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta touched down in Madrid on 19 August 2010 while another Honorary Member Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz arrived the... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubathreemorejournalistsreleased/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubathreemorejournalistsreleased/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is pleased to report the release of another Cuban writer imprisoned since 2003. Poet and activist Régis Iglesias Ramírez was freed on 17 August 2010 and arrived in Madrid the next day. Iglesias' release, along with that of journalist José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández in late July, means that... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubatwelfthwriterreleasedintoexile/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubatwelfthwriterreleasedintoexile/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN are a leading force in the 'Free Zarganar Campaign' (www.freezarganar.org), a coalition of freedom of expression organisations and individuals working together to highlight the imprisonment of Burmese comedian and writer Zarganar, to mobilise worldwide opinion and to press the Burmese government to release him immediately. The current focus... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/burmasupportzarganarnominee2010sakharovprize/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/burmasupportzarganarnominee2010sakharovprize/ Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is appalled by the fifteen-year prison sentence handed down to Uyghur journalist and editor Hailaite Niyazi (aka Hairat or Gheyret Niyaz ) on 23 July 2010. Niyazi, who was arrested in October 2009, was convicted on state security charges for his reporting on the July 2009 riots in... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinauyghurjournalistandeditorsentenced/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinauyghurjournalistandeditorsentenced/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN joins Amnesty International in its calls for the release of Uzbek journalist, Ulugbek Abdusalamov , imprisoned since 14 June 2010 for his writings. He is in extremely poor health and there are concerns that his continued imprisonment puts his life at risk. On 3 August, Amnesty International issued... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/kyrgyzstandetaineduzbekjournalistinextremelypoorhealth/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/kyrgyzstandetaineduzbekjournalistinextremelypoorhealth/ Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN strongly protests the imprisonment of Fahem Boukaddous , correspondent for Al-Badeel news website and TV journalist, whose four-year prison sentence for his reports on social protests was confirmed on appeal on 6 July 2010. Boukaddous was unable to attend the appeal hearing due to acute respiratory problems which... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/tunisiajournalistfahemboukkadosjailed/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/tunisiajournalistfahemboukkadosjailed/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT Ragip Zarakolu , publisher and free expression activist, is on trial again for publishing another book by author Mehmet Güler. Both Zarakolu and Güiler are accused under the Anti Terror Law for Güler's The KCK File/The Global State and Kurds Without a State. Zarakolu was acquitted last month... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/turkeypublisherragipzarakolubackontrialagainalongsidemehmetguler/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/turkeypublisherragipzarakolubackontrialagainalongsidemehmetguler/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT PIUS NJAWE March 1957 - July 2010 We were saddened to learn of the death of Pius Njawe , the journalist, editor, courageous and persistent protector of freedom of expression in Cameroon, who died in a car accident on 13 July 2010 while he was in the United States. Njawe... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cameroonpiusnjawe/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cameroonpiusnjawe/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is pleased to note that four more Cuban independent journalists imprisoned since 2003 have been released, making a total of 10 freed since 12 July 2010. English PEN Honorary Member Normando Hernández González and fellow writer Omar Rodríguez Saludes arrived in Madrid on 14 July, Mijail Bárzaga Lugo... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubafourmorejournalistsreleased/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubafourmorejournalistsreleased/ Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN protests the fatal shooting of 27-year-old journalist and editor Hugo Alfredo Olivera Cartas , whose body was found on 6 July 2010. He had left his newspaper office in Apatzingán, Michoacán state, to cover a story the previous night. Olivera's death brings the number of print journalists killed... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/mexicoyoungjournalistshotdeadinmichoacan/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/mexicoyoungjournalistshotdeadinmichoacan/ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is delighted at the news that six Cuban independent journalists imprisoned since March 2003 have finally been released. Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, José Luis García Paneque, , Léster Luis González Pentón, Ricardo Severino González Alfonso, Pablo Pacheco Ávila and Omar Moisés Ruíz Hernández were freed late on 12... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubasixjournalistsreleased16tofollow/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cubasixjournalistsreleased16tofollow/ Mon, 12 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN welcomes news that the Cuban government has agreed to release 52 political prisoners. This includes 22 writers, journalists and librarians who have been on the PEN case list since they were arrested and sentenced during the infamous 'Black Spring' crackdown of March 2003. Church officials in Havana announced... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cuba52prisonerstobefreed/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/cuba52prisonerstobefreed/ Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is outraged by the fatal shooting of journalists Juan Francisco Rodríguez Ríos and María Elvira Hernández Galena in Coyuca de Benítez, Guerrero state, on 28 June 2010. Their deaths bring the number of print journalists killed in Guerrero in 2010 to four and the total for Mexico to... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/mexicohusband-and-wifejournalistsshotdeadinguerrero/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/mexicohusband-and-wifejournalistsshotdeadinguerrero/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT English PEN protests in the strongest possible terms the murder of Jean Leonard Rugambage , deputy editor of the banned newspaper Umuvugizi , who was shot dead outside his home on 24 June 2010. Rugambage had reportedly been followed and threatened prior to his death and it is believed that... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/rwandanewspapereditormurdered/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/rwandanewspapereditormurdered/ Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:00:00 GMT