Global week of action for Ahmed Mansoor
English PEN is proud to join a Global Week of Action for award-winning human rights defender poet Ahmed Mansoor, currently serving a 10-year prison sentence in the United Arab Emirates …
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Writer in Residence: Nurcan Baysal
Nurcan Baysal is a Kurdish writer and human rights defender from Diyarbakır, Turkey. She is the author of O Gün (That Day), Kürdistan’da Sivil Toplum (Civil Society in Kurdistan, co-author), …
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A voice for the voiceless
Ethiopian writer and activist Befeqadu Hailu has been awarded the 2019 PEN Pinter Prize for an International Writer of Courage. He delivered the following acceptance speech at an unforgettable unceremony …
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Turkey: Editor Nedim Türfent’s prison sentence upheld
English PEN is deeply disappointed that Turkey’s Supreme Court of Cassation has decided to uphold journalist and poet Nedim Türfent’s prison sentence. Responding to the news, PEN member and Chair …
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Ethiopian writer and activist Befeqadu Hailu shares PEN Pinter Prize with Lemn Sissay
Ethiopian writer, activist and co-founder of blogging platform Zone 9 Befeqadu Hailu has been named International Writer of Courage at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony. Lemn Sissay, winner of the …
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