http://www.englishpen.org/rss/ Copyright: (C) English Pen English Pen RSS feed from http://www.englishpen.org/ Sat, 10 May 2008 00:13:43 GMT English PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of dissident writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre Zhou Yuanzhi , who was arrested on 3 May 2008 on suspicion of 'inciting subversion of state power'. It is thought that he may be detained for his critical writings published... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinadissidentwriterzhouyuanzhidetained/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinadissidentwriterzhouyuanzhidetained/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT The following is an update on writers and journalists under attack in Mexico from January to April 2008. Overview: Mexico continues to be one of English PEN's main countries of concern in the Americas, being one of the most dangerous places in the world to work as a journalist. Print... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/mexicosummaryofattacks/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/mexicosummaryofattacks/ Thu, 08 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN welcomes the release of internet writer Amad Fouad Al-Farhan on 26 April 2008. He had been in detention since 10 December 2007, apparently without charge. The Saudi authorities have not made any statement about the case. According to PEN's information, Al-Farhan was detained by Saudi security agents on... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/saudiarabiaamadfouadal-farhanreleased/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/saudiarabiaamadfouadal-farhanreleased/ Mon, 05 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN protests in the strongest possible terms the refusal yesterday of Hong Kong officials to allow distinguished Chinese writer Yu Zhang , secretary-general of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre , into Hong Kong, where he was invited to chair one of the sessions at a World Press Freedom Day Conference.... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/hongkongchinayuzhangrefusedentry/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/hongkongchinayuzhangrefusedentry/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is seriously concerned for the well-being of female internet writer,  human rights lawyer and member of the banned Demoncratic Party of Vietnam Bui Kim Thành.  She has reportedly been held in psychiatric detention since 6 March 2008 , apparently without any medical basis.   Bui Kim Thành,... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/vietnaminternetwriterreturnedtopsychiatricdetention/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/vietnaminternetwriterreturnedtopsychiatricdetention/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN is marking this year's World Press Freedom Day (3 May) by focussing on the case of Chinese poet and journalist Shi Tao , an Honorary Member of English PEN who is presently serving a 10-year prison sentence on the charge of 'revealing state secrets abroad'.   Shi Tao... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/worldpressfreedomday2008/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/worldpressfreedomday2008/ Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT Booking is now open for all English PEN's summer events. http://www.englishpen.org/news/_1647/ http://www.englishpen.org/news/_1647/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN gives a qualified welcome to the changes to Article 301 of Turkey's Penal Code under which hundreds of people, among them many writers and journalists, have been brought to trial since it was introduced three years ago. Yet it is disappointed that the law itself has not been... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/turkeyarticle301reformsdontgofarenough/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/turkeyarticle301reformsdontgofarenough/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT In an open letter to Sir Terry Leahy, Chief Executive of Tesco PLC, leading authors call on the corporation to drop its action of criminal defamation against a critic of its subsidiary's policy in Thailand. For further information, call Jonathan Heawood on 07889 071711 http://www.englishpen.org/news/_1646/ http://www.englishpen.org/news/_1646/ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN protests the two-month extended detention of Nikolai Andrushchenko , co-founder and editor of the newspaper Novy Peterburg , who was initially sentenced to two months pre-trial detention on charges of defamation and was due for release on 21 March 2008. Andrushchenko was initially sentenced to two months of... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/russiapre-trialdetentionofeditornikolaiandrushchenkoextendedbyanothertwomonths/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/russiapre-trialdetentionofeditornikolaiandrushchenkoextendedbyanothertwomonths/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN protests the detention of Jamyang Kyi , prominent Tibetan singer and a song-writer, internet writer and feminist activist, who has reportedly been held without charge since 1 April 2008.   According to our information, Jamyang Kyi, who is also a TV producer, was reportedly escorted from her office... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinatibetaninternetwriterjamyangkyidetainedwithoutcharges./ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/chinatibetaninternetwriterjamyangkyidetainedwithoutcharges./ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN  protests in the strongest terms the continuing imprisonment of the 20-year-old female poet Melissa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza. Detained since 29 February 2008, Patiño is accused of being an accessory to terrorist activities, stemming from her alleged involvement with a leftwing political organization which the Peruvian government claims... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/peru20-yearoldfemalepoetmelissarociopatiohinostrozafacesupto20yearsinjail/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/peru20-yearoldfemalepoetmelissarociopatiohinostrozafacesupto20yearsinjail/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT Readers and Writers announces its new programme of events for refugee and asylum seekers. http://www.englishpen.org/readersandwriters/refugeeandasylumseekerevents/ http://www.englishpen.org/readersandwriters/refugeeandasylumseekerevents/ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN protests the continuing detention of freelance journalist and internet writer Frank Chikowore , who was charged with 'public violence' on 21 April 2008 , almost a week after his arrest.   Frank Chikowore, a freelance journalist for publications including the private weekly The Standard , who also runs... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/zimbabwefreelancejournalistcharged/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/zimbabwefreelancejournalistcharged/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT English PEN strongly protests the five-week incommunicado detention of Nsimba Embete Ponte , who has been detained since 7 March 2008 for no known reason. Embete Ponte, editor of the privately-owned newspaper L'Interprète , based in Kinshasa, was abducted by unidentified armed men in the Masina district in the east... http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/democraticrepublicofcongonewspapereditordetainedincommunicado/ http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/bulletins/democraticrepublicofcongonewspapereditordetainedincommunicado/ Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT