Campaigns Calendar
JANUARY
1 National Day, Cuba and Sudan
26 Republic Day, India
FEBRUARY
4 National Day, Sri Lanka
15 HM Tohti Tunyaz sentenced to 11 years imprisonment (2000)
19 HM Mamadali Makhmudov arrested (1999)
22 HM Kareem Amer sentenced to 4 years imprisonment (2007)
MARCH
2 National Day, Morocco
8 International Women's Day
9 HM Dolma Kyab arrested (2005)
12 Online Free Expression Day (begun by RSF in 2008)
14 HM Kareem Amer awarded the Index/Hugo Young Journalism Award (2007)
15 HM Muhammad Bekzhon (Bekjanov) arrested (1999)
18 Cuban crackdown on dissidents - the Black Spring (2003)
20 National Day, Tunisia
21 World Poetry Day (UNESCO)
26 National Day, Bangladesh
APRIL
1 HM Tohti Tunyaz arrested (1998)
1 National Day, Iran
17 National Day, Syria
18 National Day, Zimbabwe
21 HM Mohammad Hassan Fallahiya sentenced to 3 years imprisonment (2007)
MAY
3 World Press Freedom Day
13 Andijan Massacre, Uzbekistan (2005)
20 National Day, Cameroon
28 National Day, Azerbaijan
30 HM Aung San Suu Kyi arrested (2003)
JUNE
4 Crackdown in Tiananmen Square
12 National Day, Russia
30 National Day, Democratic Republic of Congo
JULY
1 National Day, Hong Kong
3 National Day, Belarus
17 HM Ragip Zarakolu brought to trial (2002)
23 Revolution Day (Egypt) NB Egyptian prisoners are occasionally released by the President in honour of various national holidays
28 National Day, Peru
AUGUST
3 HM Mamadali Makhmudov sentenced to 14 years imprisonment (1999)
15 Independence Day, India
19 National Day, Afghanistan
SEPTEMBER
1 National Day, Uzbekistan
2 National Day, Vietnam
13 HM Huang Jinqiu arrested (2003)
16 National Day, Mexico
27 HM Huang Jinqiu sentenced to 12 years imprisonment (2004)
OCTOBER
1 National Day, People's Republic of China
9 National Poetry Day (UK)
9 National Day, Uganda
NOVEMBER
6 HM Kareem Amer arrested (2006)
8 Journalist Day (China)
10 HM Tohti Tunyaz charged (1998)
14 National Day, Myanmar
15 International Day of the Imprisoned Writer
24 HM Shi Tao arrested (2004)
29 HM Nurmuhemmet Yasin arrested (2004)
DECEMBER
1 National Day, Central African Republic
18 National Day, Niger
NB. National Days are apparently good days for amnesty bids.
We would welcome suggestions from members as to what other dates might be included in the Campaigns Calendar. Please email writersinprison@englishpen.org with your suggestions.