Campaigns
International PEN campaigns on behalf of writers across the globe who are persecuted, harrassed and attacked for what they have written or simply for being a writer.
Because Writers Speak their Minds
The Writers in Prison Committee celebrates 50 years of defending freedom of expression with year-long campaign
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Freedom to write in the Americas 2009
The Writers in Prison Committee's campaign to promote freedom of expression and freedom to write in the Americas
Defamation and 'Insult': Writers React 2006-2008
Defamation and 'Insult': Writers React
In November 2006 International PEN launched a campaign in defence of nearly a hundred writers and journalists around the world who were in prison or facing custodial sentences for alleged defamation or 'insult'.
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Latest News
CAMEROON: Fears for health of imprisoned editor
02 Sep 2010
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CUBA: Three more journalists released
25 Aug 2010
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CUBA: Twelfth writer released into exile
19 Aug 2010
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CUBA: Tenth journalist released, exiled to Spain
23 Jul 2010
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TUNISIA: journalist Fahem Boukaddous jailed, serious concern for health
20 Jul 2010
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MEXICO: young journalist shot dead in Michoacán
14 Jul 2010
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CUBA: Six journalists released; 16 to follow
13 Jul 2010
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PANAMA: Veteran journalist jailed for article on environmental damage
01 Jul 2010
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RWANDA: Newspaper editor murdered
28 Jun 2010
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SUDAN: three journalists detained, two incommunicado; one tortured
27 May 2010
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CAMEROON: Two years on, songwriter remains imprisoned
21 Apr 2010
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MEXICO: In Michoacán, one journalist killed, another disappears
13 Apr 2010
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MOROCCO: Environmental journalist jailed for two years
09 Apr 2010
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MEXICO: Two journalists dead; five missing
30 Mar 2010
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COLOMBIA: Newspaper publisher shot dead
26 Mar 2010
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Fifty Years of Women Writers in Prison
11 Mar 2010
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MAURITANIA: Editor released
05 Mar 2010
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Iran campaign “Our Society Will Be a Free Society” launches online petition
03 Mar 2010
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CUBA ACTION - February/ March 2010
19 Feb 2010
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Two years after Cuba signed major human rights treaties, 26 writers remain imprisoned, 22 of them since March 2003; those at liberty continue to face harassment
19 Feb 2010
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Iran camapign - Free expression groups call on Iran to open door to UN rights experts
17 Feb 2010
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Iran campaign - OPEN LETTER TO AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI
11 Feb 2010
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Iran campaign - Free Press and Free Expression Organizations to Iran: Release Jailed Journalists, Writers
11 Feb 2010
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MAURITANIA: Editor held illegally given second prison sentence on same charges
09 Feb 2010
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MEXICO: Newspaper publisher shot dead
03 Feb 2010
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ETHIOPIA: Third newspaper editor jailed
03 Feb 2010
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A year after Mexico’s commitments at the UN, violence against journalists and impunity continue unabated
19 Jan 2010
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MEXICO ACTION - UPR follow-up
19 Jan 2010
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PERU: Newspaper editor jailed for defamation
15 Jan 2010
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MEXICO: Another print journalist abducted and murdered
12 Jan 2010
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MEXICO: Newspaper editor shot dead
05 Jan 2010
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CUBA: Internet writers detained and beaten
19 Nov 2009
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MEXICO: Online columnist murdered
28 Sep 2009
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GAMBIA: Six journalists pardoned and released
10 Sep 2009
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KENYA: Kenyan PEN President released
09 Sep 2009
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KENYA: Kenyan PEN President and Secretary General arrested; fears for safety
08 Sep 2009
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NIGER: Sick editor transferred to remote prison; concerns for health
08 Sep 2009
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ETHIOPIA: Two editors jailed for a year
04 Sep 2009
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GUATEMALA: Publisher sentenced to one year in prison
14 Aug 2009
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GAMBIA: Six journalists jailed for criticising President
07 Aug 2009
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WiPC alert on Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Al-Hussein
07 Aug 2009
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VENEZUELA: Severe set-backs for freedom of expression
06 Aug 2009
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MEXICO: One year on, silence surrounds murder of anthropologist
29 Jul 2009
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ECUADOR: Editor Milton Chacaguasay jailed again
24 Jul 2009
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MEXICO: Two journalists killed in Chihuahua and Michoacán
22 Jul 2009
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RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: Human Rights Defender, Natalia Estemirova, Murdered
16 Jul 2009
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ECUADOR: Editor Milton Chacaguasay released
06 Jul 2009
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MEXICO: Second journalist murdered in Durango state
29 May 2009
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MEXICO: Fears for safety of author Lydia Cacho
28 May 2009
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CUBA: Journalist sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
19 May 2009
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SENEGAL: Editor El Malick Seck released
08 May 2009
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MEXICO: Journalist killed on World Press Freedom Day
06 May 2009
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ECUADOR: Call for release of Milton Chacaguasay
30 Apr 2009
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Freedom to Write in the Americas – interactive map and campaign postcard now available
29 Apr 2009
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World Press Freedom Day (3 May): focus on Latin America
27 Apr 2009
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Declaration in Defense of the Freedom to Write in the Americas
24 Apr 2009
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CUBA: On 6th anniversary of Black Spring crackdown, PEN releases postcard calling for freedom of 25 imprisoned writers
19 Mar 2009
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CHINA FOCUS: Writers Called to Action
29 Sep 2008
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