Freedom to Write, Freedom to Read
Bahá’í poet and teacher Mahvash Sabet has this evening been named 2017 International Writer of Courage by Michael Longley at the PEN Pinter Prize ceremony at the British Library. Longley …
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The FCO silence has been ‘lacklustre’ and ‘appalling’
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The killing of Jordanian writer Nahid Hattar outside a court where he was due to stand trial for alleged ‘insult to Islam’ and ‘provoking sectarian strife’ is a clear demonstration …
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A court in Saudi Arabia has overturned the death sentence handed down to the Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh. However, English PEN is shocked to learn that Fayadh’s conviction for apostasy …
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Raif Badawi was announced as the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage 2015 at an event at the British Library
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