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.
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
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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