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PEN's Rapid Action Network (RAN) was founded by International PEN in 1991 to alert members in 23 PEN branches about disturbing developments affecting the welfare of writers and journalists around the globe. Subscribers to RAN are encouraged to take action immediately by writing appeals and forwarding action alerts to friends and associates. Copyright 2011 PEN.orgPEN.org RSS Feed.http://www.pen.orgen-usMEXICO 10/16/12: Web Director Murdered in Baja Californiahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6713/prmID/172Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 16 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTRUSSIA 10/10/12: One Pussy Riot Band Member Released; Other Two to Serve Remainder of Sentenceshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6709/prmID/172Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 10 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTAZERBAIJAN 10/2/12: Youth Blogger Arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6703/prmID/172Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 2 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 10/1/12: Writer and ICPC Member Dr. Jiao Guobiao Releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6700/prmID/172Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 1 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTCAMBODIA 10/1/12: Journalist Mam Sonando Sentenced to 20 Years; Health Concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6701/prmID/172Mon, 1 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 1 Oct 2012 16:33:32 GMTVIETNAM 9/24/12: Three Bloggers Jailed for "Anti-State Propaganda"http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6692/prmID/172Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 24 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 9/19/12: Writer and ICPC Member Dr. Jiao Guobiao Arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6691/prmID/172Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 19 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTETHIOPIA 9/13/12: Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6688/prmID/172Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 13 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTBAHRAIN 9/6/12: Sentences upheld against jailed human rights defenders, writers, and bloggershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6686/prmID/172Fri, 7 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 7 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 9/6/12: Azeri poets releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6685/prmID/172Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 6 Sep 2012 16:33:32 GMTRUSSIA 8/17/12: Pussy Riot Band Members Jailed For Two Yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6678/prmID/172Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 17 Aug 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 8/2/12: Human rights defender and journalist Nargess Mohammadi releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6675/prmID/172Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 3 Aug 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 7/25/12: Mounting concerns for two detained Azeri poetshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6671/prmID/172Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 25 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 7/16/12: Büand#351;ra Ersanli freed pending trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6669/prmID/172Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 16 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTSRI LANKA 7/12/12: Journalist Frederica Jansz (f) threatened; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6664/prmID/172Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 12 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 7/12/12: Writer and lawyer Muharrem Erbey writes of two and a half years of detentionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6665/prmID/172Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 12 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTCAMEROON 7/5/12: Writer Enoh Meyomesse’s detention extended by six months http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6658/prmID/172Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 9 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTBELARUS 7/3/12: Andrzej Poczobut released on bail, still faces prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6659/prmID/172Mon, 9 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 9 Jul 2012 16:33:32 GMTKUWAIT 6/26/12: Blogger Hamad al-Naqi imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6636/prmID/172Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 26 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTRUSSIA 6/21/12: Russian court refuses to free Pussy Riot membershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6634/prmID/172Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 22 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTCAMEROON 6/20/12: All charges against Enoh Meyomesse dropped; still in prison and facing blindnesshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6626/prmID/172Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 20 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 6/20/12: Fears for dissident writer Li Bifenghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6627/prmID/172Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 20 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTMEXICO 6/16/12: Crime reporter kidnapped and murdered in Veracruz Statehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6622/prmID/172Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTRUSSIA 6/18/12: Russian PEN says that official’s apology is not enoughhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6623/prmID/172Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 18 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTRUSSIA 6/15/12: Russian top official threatens Novaya Gazeta journalisthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6621/prmID/172Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 15 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTSUDAN 6/14/12: Poet reportedly sentenced to death, place of detention unknownhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6616/prmID/172Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 14 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 6/13/12: Two members of the Iranian Writers Association arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6613/prmID/172Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 13 Jun 2012 16:33:32 GMTMEXICO 5/21/12: Another journalist murdered in Sonora Statehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6566/prmID/172Mon, 21 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 21 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTSYRIA 5/11/12: Writer and thinker arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6559/prmID/172Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 16 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTMEXICO 5/14/12: Journalist found dead 24 hours after being reported missinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6560/prmID/172Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 16 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTSYRIA 5/16/12: Writer and thinker released and deportedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6561/prmID/172Wed, 16 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 16 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTMEXICO 5/2/12: Investigative journalist murdered in Veracruzhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6551/prmID/172Wed, 2 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 2 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTBAHRAIN 5/1/12: Re-trial ordered of jailed human rights defenders, writers, and bloggershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6544/prmID/172Tue, 1 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 1 May 2012 16:33:32 GMTRUSSIA 4/26/12: PEN joins call for release of Pussy Riot band membershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6537/prmID/172Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 26 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 4/25/12: Activist and journalist Nargess Mohammadi summoned to serve six-year sentencehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6533/prmID/172Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 25 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 4/24/12: Fears for poet and journalist Habib Ali al-Maatiqhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6531/prmID/172Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 24 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 4/19/12: Mounting concerns for translator Mohammad Soleimani Niahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6524/prmID/172Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 20 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTBELARUS 4/19/12: Journalist and political activist Dimitry Bondarenko releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6523/prmID/172Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 20 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTBAHRAIN 4/18/12: Writer and human rights defender Abdulhadi al-Khawaja’s life is in dangerhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6514/prmID/172Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 18 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTBELARUS 4/13/12: Serious concern for the health of journalist Dimitry Bondarenkohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6495/prmID/172Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 13 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTCAMEROON 4/13/12: Charges against writer Meyomesse reduced; still faces trial before military courthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6496/prmID/172Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 13 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTMEXICO 4/10/12: Poet and translator Guillermo Fernández García murdered in Tolucahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6490/prmID/172Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 10 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 4/10/12: Publisher Ragand#305;p Zarakolu and 14 others released pending trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6491/prmID/172Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 10 Apr 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 3/23/12: Professor Büand#351;ra Ersanland#305; and Ragand#305;p Zarakolu formally indictedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6483/prmID/172Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 27 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 3/26/12: Freed writer Ahmet and#350;and#305;k threatened and faces further chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6484/prmID/172Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 27 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTSYRIA 3/26/12: Poet and blogger re-arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6481/prmID/172Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 26 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTPHILIPPINES 3/22/12: Poet, journalist, and activist remains detained without trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6476/prmID/172Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 22 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTNEPAL 3/20/12: Writer under threat; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6474/prmID/172Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 20 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 3/13/12: Writers Nedim and#350;ener and Ahmet and#350;and#305;k freed pending trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6468/prmID/172Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 13 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTUZBEKISTAN 3/9/12: Latest amnesty excludes imprisoned writershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6464/prmID/172Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 9 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTBELARUS 3/2/12: Writer sent to labor camphttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6420/prmID/172Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 2 Mar 2012 16:33:32 GMTECUADOR 2/28/12: El Universo pardoned; sentence against two authors withdrawnhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6393/prmID/172Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 28 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTSYRIA 2/23/12: Journalists and bloggers arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6374/prmID/172Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 23 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTECUADOR 2/22/12: IACHR orders suspension of sentences against El Universohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6371/prmID/172Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 22 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA/TIBET 2/22/12: Writer arrested in ongoing crackdownhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6372/prmID/172Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 22 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 2/14/12: Dissident poet Zhu Yufu sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6361/prmID/172Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 16 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTBRAZIL 2/15/12: Two journalists shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6362/prmID/172Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 16 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTECUADOR 2/16/12: Supreme Court upholds prison sentences and fines against El Universohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6363/prmID/172Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTThu, 16 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTCAMEROON 2/6/12: Coup charges against writer dropped; still faces military tribunalhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6356/prmID/172Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTIRAN 2/7/12: Translator arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6358/prmID/172Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 2/13/12: Fears for writer Hamza Kashgari after extraditionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6359/prmID/172Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 13 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 2/1/12: Dissident writer sentenced to 10 years for subversionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6348/prmID/172Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 3 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTEGYPT 2/1/12: Blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6349/prmID/172Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 3 Feb 2012 16:33:32 GMTUZBEKISTAN 1/25/12: Editor Muhammed Bekjanov to serve an additional five years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6343/prmID/172Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 30 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTETHIOPIA 1/27/12: Two journalists given 14 years in prison; one sentenced to life imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6341/prmID/172Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTMon, 30 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTSRI LANKA 1/25/12: Two-year annivesary of the disappearance of Prageeth Ekanaliyagodahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6336/prmID/172Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 25 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 1/25/12: Dissident poet Zhu Yufu charged with subversion for a poemhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6334/prmID/172Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTWed, 25 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTVIETNAM 1/19/12: Internet writer releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6330/prmID/172Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTCAMEROON 1/23/12: Writer detained; faces up to 50 years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6332/prmID/172Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTMYANMAR 1/17/12: Two more writers released in large-scale amnestyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6323/prmID/172Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 17 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTMYANMAR 1/13/12: Musician Win Maw and blogger Nay Phone Latt included in large-scale amnestyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6319/prmID/172Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTFri, 13 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 12/23/11: Writer Chen Wei sentenced to nine years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6309/prmID/172Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTETHIOPIA 1/3/12: Swedish journalists sentenced to 11 years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6310/prmID/172Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTCHINA 1/6/12: Another writer receives a lengthy prison termhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6311/prmID/172Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTMEXICO 1/10/12: Reporter shot to death in Nuevo Leónhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6313/prmID/172Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTue, 10 Jan 2012 16:33:32 GMTTURKEY 12/22/11: Year closes with 30 writers in prison, over 70 on trial and 25 new arrestshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6302/prmID/172Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 22 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 12/21/11: Blogger and activist Zainab al-Khawaja released on bailhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6299/prmID/172Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 21 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTETHIOPIA 12/21/11: Two Swedish journalists found guilty of “supporting terrorism”http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6300/prmID/172Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 21 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTRUSSIA 12/19/11: Leading journalist Khadzhimurad Kamalov assassinatedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6292/prmID/172Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 19 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 12/16/11: Blogger and activist Zainab Al-Khawaja arrested; fears of ill-treatmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6290/prmID/172Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 16 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 12/6/11: PEN honors imprisoned writers on International Human Rights Day (December 10)http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6276/prmID/172Thu, 8 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 8 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 12/2/11: Internet writer's sentence reducedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6267/prmID/172Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 5 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTUZBEKISTAN 11/30/11: Journalist Dzamshid Karimov released from detention in psychiatric hospitalhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6265/prmID/172Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 5 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTUNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) 12/2/11: Internet writers releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6269/prmID/172Mon, 5 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 5 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTAZERBAIJAN 11/24/11: Writer Rafiq Tagi dies in hospital following violent attackhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6262/prmID/172Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 2 Dec 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 11/25/11: Writer sentenced to imprisonment on “politically motivated" chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6259/prmID/172Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 29 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTAZERBAIJAN 11/22/11: Writer Rafiq Tagi receives multiple stab wounds in violent attackhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6256/prmID/172Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 22 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTEGYPT 11/21/11: Retrial of blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad repeatedly postponed; concerns for healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6254/prmID/172Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 21 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 11/17/11: Another newspaper office attacked by armed ganghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6252/prmID/172Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 17 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTRUSSIA 11/16/11: PEN statement on the murder of Chechen anti-separatist poet Ruslan Akhtakhanovhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6250/prmID/172Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 16 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 11/15/11: Another blogger murdered and decapitated by the cartelshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6245/prmID/172Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 15 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 11/9/11: Ragip Zarakolu moved to high security prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6239/prmID/172Wed, 9 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 9 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 11/3/11: Ragip Zarakolu releases public letter from prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6233/prmID/172Thu, 3 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 3 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 10/31/11: Writer and academic Ragip Zarakolu arrested with Professor Büand#351;ra Ersanland#305;http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6222/prmID/172Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 1 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 11/1/11: Writer and academic Ragip Zarakolu and Professor Büand#351;ra Ersanland#305; chargedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6225/prmID/172Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 1 Nov 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 10/27/11: Writer and academic Deniz Zarakolu arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6217/prmID/172Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 27 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAN 10/21/11: Sentence against prominent human rights lawyer, journalist and writer reducedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6210/prmID/172Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 24 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAN 10/21/11: Journalist, poet, and activist Faranak Farid released on bailhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6208/prmID/172Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 24 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTTAJIKISTAN 10/18/11: BBC journalist found guilty, released under amnesty lawhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6202/prmID/172Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 18 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 10/10/11: Publishers on trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6194/prmID/172Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 12 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTMYANMAR 10/12/11: Comedian and poet Zargana releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6196/prmID/172Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 12 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 9/29/11: Writers amnestiedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6171/prmID/172Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 3 Oct 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 9/29/11: Sentences upheld against jailed human rights defenders, writers, and bloggershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6166/prmID/172Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 30 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTETHIOPIA 9/27/11: Two more journalists arrested under anti-terrorism legislation; fears of torturehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6160/prmID/172Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 28 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 9/27/11: One journalist murdered, another missinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6161/prmID/172Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 28 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTERITREA 9/20/11: Ten years on, Dawit Isaac still detained incommunicadohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6139/prmID/172Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 22 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAQ 9/22/11: Journalist, playwright, filmmaker, and Iraqi PEN Member murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6140/prmID/172Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 22 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 9/21/11: Activist and Internet writer sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6138/prmID/172Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 21 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTSUDAN 9/13/11: Two journalists released, one still faces death penaltyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6132/prmID/172Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 20 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTETHIOPIA 9/14/11: Three print journalists charged with terrorism; concerns for well-beinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6133/prmID/172Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 20 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAN 9/20/11: Journalist, poet, and activist Faranak Farid arrested; serious health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6134/prmID/172Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 20 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 9/6/11: Two women journalists found strangled in Mexico Cityhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6125/prmID/172Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 9 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 8/26/11: Journalist abducted in Sinaloa state found deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6122/prmID/172Thu, 1 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 1 Sep 2011 16:33:31 GMTTAJIKISTAN 8/22/11: Trial of BBC journalist beginshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6120/prmID/172Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 31 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 8/25/11: Journalist abducted in Sinaloa state; fears for safety http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6121/prmID/172Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 31 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTBRAZIL 8/5/11: Columnist shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6110/prmID/172Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 10 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTUNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) 8/10/11: Internet writers detained; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6111/prmID/172Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 10 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTECUADOR 8/3/11: El Universo journalist and directors sentenced to three years in prison for libelhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6106/prmID/172Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 4 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 7/29/11: Journalist abducted and murdered in Veracruz statehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6104/prmID/172Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 2 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 8/1/11: Hrant Dink’s killer sentenced to over 22 years in prison; other trials continuehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6105/prmID/172Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 2 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 7/27/11: Blogger Nguyen Van Hai reportedly critically injured in prison; concerns for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6103/prmID/172Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 2 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 7/6/11: Award-winning writer and journalist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy (f) released into exilehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6093/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTSUDAN 7/8/11: Rai al-Shaab editor and Al-Sahafa journalist now face death penaltyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6094/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA/TIBET 7/12/11: Writer and editor sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6095/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 7/13/11: Journalist and Son Murdered in Mexico Statehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6096/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTCOLOMBIA 7/14/11: One journalist killed, two threatenedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6097/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 7/20/11: Poet and song writer killed for a protest songhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6099/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 7/20/11: Writer and journalist releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6100/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 7/27/11: Editor and priest Nguyen Van Ly returned to prison; health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6101/prmID/172Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 1 Aug 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 7/15/11: Poet releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6087/prmID/172Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 15 Jul 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 7/1/11: Lydia Cacho threatened with death; fears for safety http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6077/prmID/172Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 1 Jul 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 6/29/11: Artist Ai Weiwei faces enormous fineshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6075/prmID/172Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 29 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTETHIOPIA 6/28/11: Two journalists detained incommunicado without charge http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6073/prmID/172Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 28 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTAJIKISTAN 6/28/11: BBC journalist chargedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6074/prmID/172Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 28 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 6/21/11: Two columnists murdered; one editor missinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6071/prmID/172Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 27 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTMOROCCO 6/21/11: One year in prison for editor critical of governmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6064/prmID/172Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 21 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTAJIKISTAN 6/20/11: BBC journalist arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6060/prmID/172Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 20 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 6/14/11: Poet sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6057/prmID/172Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 14 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 6/13/11: “Gay Girl in Damascus” blog case a hoax; serious concerns remain for all othershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6054/prmID/172Mon, 13 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 13 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTRUSSIA/NORTH OSSETIA 6/8/11: Poet Shamil Dzhikayev Murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6049/prmID/172Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 8 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 6/7/11: Body of disappeared journalist foundhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6042/prmID/172Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 7 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 6/7/11: Poet and writer arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6043/prmID/172Tue, 7 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 7 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTPAKISTAN 6/1/11: Leading journalist and writer murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6035/prmID/172Wed, 1 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 1 Jun 2011 16:33:31 GMTAZERBAIJAN 5/27/11: Eynulla Fatullayev Freed After Four Years in Prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6021/prmID/172Tue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTVENEZUELA 5/27/11: Journalist-activist shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6031/prmID/172Tue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA/INNER MONGOLIA 5/31/11: Leading activist and editor Hada remains detained; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6032/prmID/172Tue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTSINGAPORE 5/31/11: British author Alan Shadrake loses appealhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6033/prmID/172Tue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 31 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTISRAEL/PALESTINE 5/24/11: Writer and academic detained without chargehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6008/prmID/172Wed, 25 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 25 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTRUSSIA 5/24/11: Two sentenced for murder of Anastasiya Baburova and Stanislav Markelovhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6007/prmID/172Tue, 24 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 24 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 5/18/11: Journalist acquitted after three years in prison; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/6002/prmID/172Thu, 19 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 19 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 5/16/11: Writer detained; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5998/prmID/172Tue, 17 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 17 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 5/11/11: Journalists, bloggers, and writers detained, fears for safety http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5985/prmID/172Wed, 11 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 11 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTBRAZIL 5/10/11: Newspaper owner and journalist shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5983/prmID/172Tue, 10 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 10 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 4/26/11: Trials begin of writers and journalists detained since Decemberhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5914/prmID/172Mon, 2 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 2 May 2011 16:33:31 GMTVIETNAM 4/20/11: Prominent activist sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5870/prmID/172Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 22 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTEGYPT 4/21/11: Blogger Michael Nabil Sanad sentenced to three years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5872/prmID/172Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 22 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTANGOLA 4/14/11: Reporter Armando José Chicoca releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5845/prmID/172Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 15 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTCAMEROON 4/11/11: Songwriter releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5802/prmID/172Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 11 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 4/11/11: Prominent artist and critic Ai Weiwei detained; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5798/prmID/172Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 11 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 4/6/11: Dissident writer Liu Xianbin sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5784/prmID/172Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 8 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTCUBA 4/8/11: Last journalist releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5787/prmID/172Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 8 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTCUBA 3/18/11: Last of the ‘Black Spring’ writers releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5794/prmID/172Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 8 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTAZERBAIJAN 3/30/11: Journalist kidnapped and beatenhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5771/prmID/172Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 1 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTMEXICO 3/29/11: Journalist disappears in Veracruzhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5773/prmID/172Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 1 Apr 2011 16:33:31 GMTCAMEROON 3/25/11: Author jailed for insulting President’s wifehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5769/prmID/172Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 31 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTMarch 31, 2011: Afghan Writer and Activist Malalai Joya Granted U.S. Visahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5767/prmID/172Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 31 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTSUDAN 3/18/11: Two Rai al-Shaab reporters released, editor still detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5760/prmID/172Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 28 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 3/17/11: Activist Abdul-Jalil Alsingace re-arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5750/prmID/172Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 18 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 3/14/11: Journalist ‘Ali al-‘Abdullah sentenced to 18 months in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5745/prmID/172Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 16 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTBAHRAIN 3/9/11: Activist Dr. Abdul-Jalil Alsingace releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5659/prmID/172Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 9 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 3/7/11: Writers Nedim and#350;ener and Ahmet and#350;and#305;k formally chargedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5654/prmID/172Wed, 9 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 9 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 3/4/11: Writer Ye Du detained; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5651/prmID/172Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 4 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 3/2/11: Renewed crackdown on dissidents and activists; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5650/prmID/172Fri, 4 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 4 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTRUSSIA 3/2/11: Investigations re-opened into the murders of five journalistshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5645/prmID/172Wed, 2 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 2 Mar 2011 16:33:31 GMTCUBA 2/24/11: Second writer released and allowed to stay in Cuba; three still in jailhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5639/prmID/172Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 25 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 2/18/11: February 19 is the two-month anniversary of the mass arrest of writers, journalistshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5623/prmID/172Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTCUBA 2/15/11: One more writer released; four remain in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5622/prmID/172Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 2/17/11: Blogger and poet sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5621/prmID/172Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 2/9/11: Dissident writer He Depu completes eight-year sentencehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5620/prmID/172Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 18 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAN 2/15/11: Journalist arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5618/prmID/172Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 16 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTSYRIA 2/14/11: Continued detention of journalist ‘Ali al-‘Abdullahhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5609/prmID/172Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 14 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTRWANDA 2/14/11: Long prison sentences for two journalistshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5608/prmID/172Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 14 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTSUDAN 2/4/11: Mass arrests of journalists; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5607/prmID/172Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 9 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTNORWAY 1/19/11: Asylum-seeking writer detained; deported following publication of bookhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5606/prmID/172Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 9 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTKUWAIT 2/1/11: Journalist and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5591/prmID/172Wed, 9 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 9 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTSRI LANKA 1/25/11: Anniversary action for abducted columnist Pregeeth Ekanaliyagodahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5585/prmID/172Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 7 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTTUNISIA 1/21/11: Boukaddous and seven others releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5584/prmID/172Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 7 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 1/19/11: Academic Pinar Selek will be tried February 9; faces 36 years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5582/prmID/172Mon, 7 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 7 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTTURKEY 12/17/10: Writer Nevin Berktaand#351; sentenced to 10 months in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5580/prmID/172Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 4 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTYEMEN 1/20/11: Journalist sentenced to five years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5581/prmID/172Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 4 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTBURUNDI 12/16/10: Online editor jailed for treasonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5579/prmID/172Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTFri, 4 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTEGYPT 2/3/11: Journalists and independent publishers targeted in crackdown on peaceful protestshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5578/prmID/172Thu, 3 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTThu, 3 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAN 12/15/10: Leading journalist returned to prison; serious health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5577/prmID/172Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 2 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTTUNISIA 1/18/11: Some journalists and bloggers released, others still in detention, fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5570/prmID/172Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 2 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 2/1/11: Three writers released; severe restrictions placed on movementshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5568/prmID/172Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTTue, 1 Feb 2011 16:33:31 GMTCHINA 1/12/11: Death of prominent writer Zhang Jianhong (aka Li Hong) announcedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5556/prmID/172Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 24 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTIRAN 1/12/11: Prominent human rights lawyer, journalist, and writer sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5555/prmID/172Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 24 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 1/5/11: Repression of Press Continues; Journalists Face Long Sentenceshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5538/prmID/172Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTWed, 5 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 12/20/10: Writer and former Belarusian PEN President Vladimir Neklyaev arrested and beatenhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5535/prmID/172Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 3 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 12/21/10: Neklyaev held in KGB detention center; many more writers and journalists arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5537/prmID/172Mon, 3 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTMon, 3 Jan 2011 16:33:31 GMTBELARUS 12/29/10: Belarus PEN Offices Searched and Equipment Seizedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5534/prmID/172Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 30 Dec 2010 16:33:30 GMTKUWAIT 12/15/10: Journalist and blogger Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5519/prmID/172Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 15 Dec 2010 16:33:30 GMTIRAN 11/25/10: Prominent human rights lawyer, journalist, and writer arrested, fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5483/prmID/172Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 29 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTCAMEROON 11/26/10: Editors conditionally releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5482/prmID/172Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 29 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 11/22/10: Two Bloggers Freed but Eynulla Fatullayev Remains in Prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5480/prmID/172Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 23 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTEGYPT 11/19/10: Internet writer Kareem Amer releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5477/prmID/172Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 22 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTETHIOPIA 11/16/10: Editor released; his son jailedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5473/prmID/172Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 18 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTSINGAPORE 11/16/10: British author Alan Shadrake imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5470/prmID/172Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 17 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTSYRIA 11/16/10: Lawyer and writer attacked; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5469/prmID/172Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 16 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTMYANMAR 11/15/10: Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy leader and writer, releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5466/prmID/172Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 16 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTSUDAN 11/12/10: journalists detained, fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5463/prmID/172Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 15 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 11/10/10: Eynulla Fatullayev Caged for Appeal Hearinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5455/prmID/172Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 11 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTRUSSIA 11/10/10: Two Journalists Hospitalized, Another Put on Trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5451/prmID/172Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 10 Nov 2010 16:33:30 GMTKYRGYZSTAN 10/26/10: Detained Uzbek Journalist Suffers Strokehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5409/prmID/172Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 27 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTYEMEN 10/25/10: Journalist detained; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5405/prmID/172Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 25 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 10/12/10: Crackdown on supporters of prominent dissident writer and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5375/prmID/172Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 13 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTSYRIA 10/11/10: Blogger charged; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5374/prmID/172Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 13 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTTURKEY 10/7/10: Trial of Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Postponedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5340/prmID/172Thu, 7 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 7 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 10/5/10: Eynulla Fatullayev Convicted on Drug Chargehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5334/prmID/172Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 6 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTIRAN 10/4/10: Iranian-Canadian journalist Hossein Derakhshan sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5333/prmID/172Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 5 Oct 2010 16:33:30 GMTTURKEY 9/22/10: Trial of Publisher Ragip Zarakolu and Writer Mehmet Güler, First Hearing on Sept 30http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5321/prmID/172Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 29 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTCUBA 9/29/10: Two more journalists released, exiled to Spainhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5320/prmID/172Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 29 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTKYRGYZSTAN 9/22/10: Seriously Ill Uzbek Journalist Remains Detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5303/prmID/172Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 22 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTCAMEROON 9/2/10: Fears for health of imprisoned editorhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5282/prmID/172Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 16 Sep 2010 16:33:30 GMTCUBA 8/25/10: Three more journalists releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5257/prmID/172Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 26 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTCUBA 8/18/10: Twelfth writer released into exilehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5249/prmID/172Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 18 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 8/9/10: Uyghur journalist and editor sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5233/prmID/172Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 9 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTKYRGYZSTAN 8/9/10: Detained Uzbek Journalist in Extremely Poor Healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5234/prmID/172Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTMon, 9 Aug 2010 16:33:30 GMTTURKEY 7/23/10: Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Back on Trial Again Alongside Writer Mehmet Gülerhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5200/prmID/172Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTCUBA 7/23/10: Tenth journalist released, exiled to Spainhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5203/prmID/172Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 27 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTTUNISIA 7/20/10: Journalist Fahem Boukaddous jailed, serious concern for healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5185/prmID/172Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 20 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTJuly 14, 2010:José Luis García, Léster González, and Normando Hernández Arrive Safely in Spainhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5181/prmID/172Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 14 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 7/14/10: Young journalist shot dead in Michoacánhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5177/prmID/172Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 14 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTCUBA 7/13/10: Six journalists released; 16 to followhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5175/prmID/172Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 13 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTPANAMA 7/1/10: Veteran journalist jailed for article on environmental damagehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5163/prmID/172Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 7 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 7/2/10: Husband-and-wife journalists shot dead in Guerrerohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5161/prmID/172Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 7 Jul 2010 16:33:30 GMTRWANDA 6/28/10: Newspaper editor murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5138/prmID/172Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 29 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTTURKEY 6/11/10: Publisher Ragip Zarakolu Acquitted - Writer Mehmet Güler Sentenced to 15 monthshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5101/prmID/172Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 15 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 6/9/10: Prominent writer Zhang Jianhong (pen name Li Hong) released; grave health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5090/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 9 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTSUDAN 5/27/10: Three journalists detained, two incommunicado; one torturedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5084/prmID/172Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 8 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTBELARUS 5/25/10: Writer Vladimir Neklyayev and Editor Sergei Voznyak Releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5083/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTBELARUS 5/20/10: Writer Vladimir Neklyayev and Editor Sergei Voznyak Arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5082/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 5/18/10: Editor Missing in Veracruzhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5080/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA/TIBET 5/10/10: Writer detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5076/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTIRAN 5/14/10: Canadian-Iranian journalist and writer Maziar Bahari sentenced in absentiahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5078/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 3 Jun 2010 16:33:30 GMTSRI LANKA 5/4/10: Journalist J. S. Tissainayagam pardonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5072/prmID/172Thu, 27 May 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 27 May 2010 16:33:30 GMTCAMEROON 4/29/10: Call for appeals on death of journalist Germain S. Ngota Ngotahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4978/prmID/172Thu, 6 May 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 6 May 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 5/6/10: Dissident writer’s health declininghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4975/prmID/172Thu, 6 May 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 6 May 2010 16:33:30 GMTCAMEROON 4/21/10: Two years on, songwriter remains imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4955/prmID/172Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 22 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTMOROCCO 4/9/10: Environmental journalist jailed for two yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4954/prmID/172Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 22 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 4/13/10: In Michoacán, one journalist killed, another disappearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4914/prmID/172Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 15 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTSYRIA 4/1/10: Novelist arrested; fears of ill-treatmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4860/prmID/172Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 2 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 3/30/10: Two journalists dead; five missinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4847/prmID/172Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 2 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTAFGHANISTAN 3/30/10: Journalist and publisher releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4844/prmID/172Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 2 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTTURKEY 3/31/10: Publisher and Writer Face Imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4840/prmID/172Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 1 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTSRI LANKA 1/13/10: Journalist J. S. Tissainayagam freedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4838/prmID/172Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 1 Apr 2010 16:33:30 GMTCOLOMBIA 3/26/10: Newspaper publisher shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4836/prmID/172Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 31 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTIRAN 3/18/10: Leading journalist detained without charge; health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4825/prmID/172Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 26 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTVIETNAM 3/23/10: Editor and priest Nguyen Van Ly releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4821/prmID/172Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 25 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTINDIA 3/17/10: Writer facing charges; concerns for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4818/prmID/172Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 25 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 3/12/10: Internet writers' sentences upheldhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4786/prmID/172Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 18 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTVIETNAM 3/9/10: Award-winning writer and journalist Tran Khai Thanh Thuy sentenced; health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4769/prmID/172Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 16 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTNEPAL 3/8/10: Publisher Arun Singhaniya killedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4752/prmID/172Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 3/1/10: Writer Tan Zuoren sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4751/prmID/172Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 2/2/10: Writer and Independent Chinese PEN Officer Zhao Shiying releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4738/prmID/172Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA 1/18/10: Writer and Independent Chinese PEN Officer Zhao Shiying Detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4732/prmID/172Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 3/9/10: Eynulla Fatullayev to be held in isolation for two more monthshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4686/prmID/172Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 9 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 1/28/10: Two journalists releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4681/prmID/172Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 9 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 1/11/10: New charge against imprisoned editor Eynulla Fatullayevhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4690/prmID/172Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 9 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTMAURITANIA 3/5/10: Editor releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4669/prmID/172Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTMAURITANIA 2/9/10: Editor held illegally given second prison sentence on same chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4667/prmID/172Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTETHIOPIA 2/3/10: Third newspaper editor jailedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4673/prmID/172Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTUNISIA 1/12/10: Journalist and writer’s health deteriorates in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4672/prmID/172Fri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 5 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 2/3/10: Newspaper publisher shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4661/prmID/172Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 4 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTPERU 1/15/10: Newspaper editor jailed for defamationhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4655/prmID/172Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 4 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 1/12/10 Another print journalist abducted and murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4652/prmID/172Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTThu, 4 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTURKEY 1/10/10: Writer and Human Rights Lawyer Detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4631/prmID/172Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 2 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 12/17/09: Authorities respond to PEN appeals; journalists remain imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4628/prmID/172Tue, 2 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 2 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMTAZERBAIJAN 11/20/09: Internet writers sentenced on hooliganism chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4620/prmID/172Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTWed, 24 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 11/27/09: Crime reporter missinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4612/prmID/172Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTTue, 23 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTMEXICO 1/5/10: Newspaper editor shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4568/prmID/172Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 5 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTCHINA/TIBET 11/23/09: Internet writers sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4585/prmID/172Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTFri, 5 Feb 2010 16:33:30 GMTWriters Rally for Release of Liu Xiaobohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4453/prmID/172Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 30 Dec 2009 16:33:29 GMTDecember 25, 2009: PEN President Appiah Calls Sentencing of Liu Xiaobo a Mockery and a Scandalhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4451/prmID/172Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 24 Dec 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 11/18/09: Serious health concerns for two detained writershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4346/prmID/172Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 20 Nov 2009 16:33:29 GMTSRI LANKA 11/17/09: Publisher released; journalist remains imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4323/prmID/172Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 10/14/09: Dissident writers sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4116/prmID/172Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 22 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 9/28/09: Online columnist murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4019/prmID/172Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 9 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTAFGHANISTAN 9/8/09: Journalist Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4015/prmID/172Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 9 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA 9/7/09: Uighur writer and PEN member releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4017/prmID/172Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 9 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTYEMEN 9/23/09: Editor abductedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3979/prmID/172Tue, 6 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 6 Oct 2009 16:33:29 GMTNIGER 9/8/09: Sick editor transferred to remote prison; concerns for healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3895/prmID/172Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTKENYA 9/9/09: Kenyan PEN president releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3894/prmID/172Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTKENYA 9/8/09: Kenyan PEN President and Secretary General arrested; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3893/prmID/172Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 24 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 9/15/09: Crackdown Persistshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3892/prmID/172Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 22 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTETHIOPIA 9/4/09: Two editors jailed for a yearhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3873/prmID/172Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 11 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTGAMBIA 9/10/09: Six journalists pardoned and releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3871/prmID/172Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 10 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTSRI LANKA 9/3/09: Tamil journalist sentenced to 20 years' imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3866/prmID/172Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 3 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTAZERBAIJAN 8/21/09: Editor dies in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3845/prmID/172Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 2 Sep 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA 8/14/09: Writer and advocate released from prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3784/prmID/172Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTUZBEKISTAN 8/10/09: Twelve-year sentence for journalist Dilmurod Saidovhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3782/prmID/172Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTGUATEMALA 8/14/09: Publisher sentenced to one year in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3777/prmID/172Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA/TIBET 8/11/09: Writer and editor detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3783/prmID/172Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTGAMBIA 8/7/09: Six journalists jailed for criticizing presidenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3769/prmID/172Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 11 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTVENEZUELA 8/6/09: Severe setbacks for freedom of expressionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3753/prmID/172Thu, 6 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 6 Aug 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 7/29/09: One year on, silence surrounds murder of anthropologisthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3728/prmID/172Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 30 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTECUADOR 7/24/09: Editor Milton Chacaguasay jailed againhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3708/prmID/172Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 28 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 7/22/09: Two journalists killed in Chihuahua and Michoacánhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3692/prmID/172Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTRUSSIA 7/16/09: Human rights defender Natalia Estemirova murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3677/prmID/172Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 16 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA 7/10/09: Uighur writer and PEN member detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3669/prmID/172Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 14 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTECUADOR 7/6/09: Newspaper editor releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3657/prmID/172Tue, 7 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 7 Jul 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 6/16/09: Lawyer and dissident writer arbitrarily detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3574/prmID/172Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:29 GMTPEN Appeal: Eliseo Barrón Hernándezhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3576/prmID/172Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 23 Jun 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 5/29/09: Second journalist murdered in Durango statehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3543/prmID/172Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 12 Jun 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 5/28/09: Fears for safety of author Lydia Cachohttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3534/prmID/172Fri, 29 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 29 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTSYRIA 5/27/09: Writer Michel Kilo releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3533/prmID/172Wed, 27 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 27 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTCUBA 5/19/09: Journalist sentenced to three years' imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3530/prmID/172Wed, 20 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 20 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTIRAN 5/11/09: American-Iranian journalist releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3522/prmID/172Thu, 14 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTMYANMAR 5/14/09: Writer and NLD leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi taken to prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3524/prmID/172Thu, 14 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTTURKEY 5/11/09: Gürsel trial to continue against prosecutor's advicehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3525/prmID/172Thu, 14 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 14 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTTURKEY 4/30/09: Book on trial for "humiliation" of religionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3517/prmID/172Tue, 12 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 12 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTSRI LANKA 5/1/09: Newspaper editor releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3515/prmID/172Thu, 7 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 7 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 5/6/09: Journalist killed on World Press Freedom Dayhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3516/prmID/172Thu, 7 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 7 May 2009 16:33:29 GMTECUADOR 4/30/09: Call for release of Milton Chacaguasayhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3483/prmID/172Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 30 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTMYANMAR 4/28/09: Serious concerns for Zargana’s healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3478/prmID/172Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 28 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTAZERBAIJAN 4/22/09: Journalists released from prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3441/prmID/172Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTIRAN 4/21/09: American-Iranian journalist sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3439/prmID/172Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 4/9/09: Concern for detained journalistshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3406/prmID/172Thu, 9 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 9 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTMEXICO 4/2/09: Journalist and family threatened; fears for safetyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3372/prmID/172Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 2 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA 3/27/09: Health concerns for jailed writershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3344/prmID/172Wed, 1 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 1 Apr 2009 16:33:29 GMTIRAN 3/24/09: Detained Internet writer dies under suspicious circumstanceshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3328/prmID/172Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 25 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA 3/18/09: Two journalists released; health concerns for remaining prisonershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3318/prmID/172Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA/TIBET 3/17/09: Internet writer detained without chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3313/prmID/172Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTIRAN 3/12/09: American-Iranian journalist detained without chargehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3291/prmID/172Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 13 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTSRI LANKA 3/12/09: Tamil journalists detained for one year, health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3289/prmID/172Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTThu, 12 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTBELARUS 3/10/09: PEN Protests Seizure of Literary Magazinehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3287/prmID/172Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 10 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTSRI LANKA 3/4/09: Newspaper editor arrested and ill-treatedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3270/prmID/172Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 4 Mar 2009 16:33:29 GMTTHAILAND 2/24/09: Writer received Royal pardonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3185/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTMYANMAR 2/18/09: Zargana’s sentence reduced to 35 yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3183/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTCHINA 2/17/09: Uighur historian released from prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3182/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTKENYA 2/11/09: Journalist murdered following police threatshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3178/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTERITREA 2/24/09: Dawit Isaac hospitalised, denied visitshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3187/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTKENYA 2/24/09: PEN President and member assaulted by policehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3186/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 2/18/09: Professor and Internet writer detained, fears for healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3184/prmID/172Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 27 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTUZBEKISTAN 2/13/09: 2009 Marks Tenth Year in Prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3167/prmID/172Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 25 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 2/11/09: Detained writer ill-treatedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3163/prmID/172Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTTue, 24 Feb 2009 16:33:29 GMTVIETNAM 1/21/09: Journalist releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3084/prmID/172Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTMon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTVENEZUELA 1/21/09: Editor and columnist shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3086/prmID/172Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTMon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTEGYPT 1/22/09: Writer and activist detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3087/prmID/172Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTMon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTRUSSIA 1/22/09: Novaya Gazeta journalist and lawyer shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3088/prmID/172Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTMon, 26 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTIRAN 1/15/09: Serious concern for detained Iranian-Canadian journalist Hossein Derakhshanhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3081/prmID/172Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTTHAILAND 1/20/09: Writer sentenced for insulting the monarchyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3082/prmID/172Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTUZBEKISTAN 1/20/09: PEN Members Called to Support Imprisoned Journalisthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3083/prmID/172Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTFri, 23 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTCAMEROON 1/14/09: Newspaper publisher sentenced to three yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3068/prmID/172Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 1/14/09: Reformist academic and writer Matrook Al-Faleh releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3067/prmID/172Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTSRI LANKA 1/13/09: Writers called to protest murder of editor Lasantha Wickramatungahttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3065/prmID/172Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTWed, 14 Jan 2009 16:33:29 GMTD.R. CONGO 12/16/08: L'Interprète journalists sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3027/prmID/172Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 19 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 12/16/08: Former journalist and political leader releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3020/prmID/172Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 17 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTECUADOR 12/17/08: Editor given 10 months in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3019/prmID/172Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 17 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 12/10/08: Prominent dissident writer Liu Xiaobo detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/3001/prmID/172Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 10 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 11/28/08: Zargana sentenced to total of 59 yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2987/prmID/172Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 3 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 12/2/08: Internet writer and activist detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2989/prmID/172Wed, 3 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 3 Dec 2008 16:33:28 GMTNIGERIA 11/25/08: Second U.S.-based Internet writer releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2986/prmID/172Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 11/25/08: Journalist Zaw Thet Htwe sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2984/prmID/172Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 11/25/08: Dissident writer Chen Daojun sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2982/prmID/172Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 25 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTUZBEKISTAN 11/21/08: Poet Yusuf Juma ill-treated in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2980/prmID/172Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 24 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 11/21/08: Comedian and poet Zargana sentenced to 45 yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2978/prmID/172Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 21 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 11/18/08: Musician Win Maw sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2976/prmID/172Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 20 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 11/11/08: Two-year sentence for leading poethttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2961/prmID/172Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 12 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTCAMEROON 11/12/08: Newspaper publisher to be detained until 2009http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2960/prmID/172Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 12 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 11/10/08: Reformist academic and writer Matrook Al-Faleh detained without chargehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2957/prmID/172Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 10 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTNEPAL 11/5/08: Anniversary action for murdered journalist Birendra Shahhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2954/prmID/172Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 10 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 11/4/08: 11-year sentence upheld for Kurdish journalisthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2950/prmID/172Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 5 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTNIGERIA 11/4/08: One Internet writer released, another detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2948/prmID/172Wed, 5 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 5 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 11/3/08: Journalist released from prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2945/prmID/172Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 3 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTRUSSIA 9/5/08: Editor Nikolai Andrushchenko freed on bailhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2944/prmID/172Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 3 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 11/3/08: Former journalist and political leader re-arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2946/prmID/172Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 3 Nov 2008 16:33:28 GMTNIGERIA 10/29/08: Blogger detained incommunicado, fears for healthhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2937/prmID/172Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 30 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTAZERBAIJAN 10/28/08: Poet assaulted in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2935/prmID/172Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 29 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTSUDAN 10/27/08: Darfuri journalist released and is now in the USAhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2920/prmID/172Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTMon, 27 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTITALY 10/23/08: Author threatened with deathhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2913/prmID/172Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 23 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTVIETNAM 10/20/08: Two journalists sentencedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2911/prmID/172Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 23 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTAFGHANISTAN 10/22/08: Detained journalist’s death sentence commuted to 20 year prison sentencehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2909/prmID/172Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 22 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTMEXICO 10/15/08: Editor abducted and shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2902/prmID/172Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 10/15/08: Tibetan writer Rangjung detained without chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2898/prmID/172Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTCAMEROON 10/7/08: Songwriter sentenced to three years’ imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2897/prmID/172Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 17 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 10/8/08: Death sentence overturned, retrial orderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2893/prmID/172Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 16 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 10/8/08: Uighur journalist and writer detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2891/prmID/172Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTSENEGAL 10/3/08: Editor sentenced to three years’ imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2889/prmID/172Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTBURUNDI 10/2/08: Online editor jailed for defamationhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2887/prmID/172Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 9/25/08: Journalist Win Tin releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2881/prmID/172Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTAFGHANISTAN 10/1/08: Heavy sentences for publishershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2885/prmID/172Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTMALAYSIA 9/29/08: Internet writer detained under security acthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2883/prmID/172Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 14 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTTHAILAND 9/16/08: Writer detained for insulting the monarchyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2872/prmID/172Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTVIETNAM 9/25/08: Crackdown on dissidentshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2870/prmID/172Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTMOROCCO 9/29/08: Internet writer cleared on appealhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2868/prmID/172Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTMOROCCO 9/17/08: Internet writer released, pending appealhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2867/prmID/172Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 9 Oct 2008 16:33:28 GMTSRI LANKA 9/10/08: Tamil journalists detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2841/prmID/172Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 24 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTEGYPT 9/8/08: Internet writer Kareem Amer ill-treatedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2834/prmID/172Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 18 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 9/8/08: Dissident writer Hu Shigen releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2826/prmID/172Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 11 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTRUSSIA 9/3/08: Web Site Owner Shot Deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2809/prmID/172Fri, 5 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 5 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 9/3/08: Journalist Win Tin’s health worsenshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2804/prmID/172Thu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 4 Sep 2008 16:33:28 GMTGAMBIA 8/26/08: Fatou Jaw Manneh given prison sentence; fined and releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2797/prmID/172Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 26 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTMEXICO 8/21/08: Anthropologist and activist murderedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2794/prmID/172Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 26 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 8/20/08: Zargana and Zaw Thet Htwe chargedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2774/prmID/172Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTSYRIA 8/20/08: Writer and academic Aref Dalila releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2773/prmID/172Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTUZBEKISTAN 8/14/08: Journalist imprisoned since Junehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2772/prmID/172Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTVIETNAM 8/13/08: Internet writer Bui Kim Thành releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2771/prmID/172Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTTue, 19 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTCAMEROON 8/7/08: Songwriter detained for lyricshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2757/prmID/172Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 8 Aug 2008 16:33:28 GMTPEN Appeal: Thich Huyen Quanghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2720/prmID/172Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTVIETNAM 7/24/08: Death of dissident and spiritual leader Thich Huyen Quanghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2719/prmID/172Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTPEN Appeal: Du Daobinhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2718/prmID/172Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 7/24/08: Dissident writer rearrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2717/prmID/172Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 24 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 2/6/08: Journalist Ching Cheong releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2659/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTUZBEKISTAN 5/22/08: Poet Yusuf Juma detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2673/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTBELARUS 2/28/08: Journalists arrested and beaten during demonstrationshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2672/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTTURKEY 3/17/08: Fears that hearing will lead to sentencing of publisher Ragip Zarakoluhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2669/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTAZERBAIJAN 3/13/08: Journalist Faramaz Allahverdiyev receives death threatshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2668/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTBELARUS 2/28/08: Editor Aliaksandar Zdzvizhkou released; conviction still standshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2667/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTBELARUS 2/7/08: Editor Aliaksandar Zdzvizhkou sentenced to three-year imprisonmenthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2665/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTAZERBAIJAN 1/31/08: Sentence against editor Eynulla Fatullayev upheldhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2664/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTAZERBAIJAN 1/3/08: Five journalists pardoned; four still imprisonedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2662/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 2/26/08: Serious health concerns for writers Xu Wei, Jin Haike, Yang Zili and Zhang Honghaihttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2660/prmID/172Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 2/6/08: Writer and human-rights activist sentenced to four years for subversionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2658/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 1/30/08: Leading poet Saw Wei arrested for a poem critical of the authoritieshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2657/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 1/15/08: Dissident writer Wang Dejia released on bailhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2656/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 1/9/08: Activist and dissident writer Hu Jia detained; health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2655/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTINDIA 3/20/08: Bangladeshi Writer Taslima Nasrin leaves India for Europehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2654/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 4/7/08: Activist and dissident writer Hu Jia sentenced to 3.5 years in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2652/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 4/23/08: Tibetan Internet writer Jamyang Kyi detained without chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2651/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTRUSSIA 4/24/08: Pretrial detention of editor Nikolai Andrushchenko extendedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2649/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTVIETNAM 4/30/08: Internet writer and dissident returned to psychiatric detentionhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2647/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 5/7/08: Dissident writer Zhou Yuanzhi detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2645/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 5/15/08: Musician Win Maw arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2643/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTAZERBAIJAN 7/9/08: Ten-year sentence for editorhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2639/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTMEXICO 7/9/08: Journalist detained for two monthshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2616/prmID/172Wed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 9 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 5/15/08: Dissident writer’s health failinghttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2579/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 3 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 5/21/08: Dissident writer Zhou Yuanzhi releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2578/prmID/172Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 3 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 7/3/08: Kurdish journalist sentenced to 11 yearshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2572/prmID/172Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 2 Jul 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 5/21/08: Dissident writer Chen Daojun detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2560/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTD.R. CONGO 7/2/08: L'Interprète journalists charged, jailed; health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2559/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 1/15/08: Journalist and human-rights defender Emadeddin Baqi suffers heart attack in prisonhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2557/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 2/13/08: Writer and student leader detained; fears of ill treatment and health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2555/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 3/11/08: Novelist Yaghoub Yadali sentence increased; risk of rearresthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2553/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 3/26/08: Cleric issues fatwa against writers for "heretical articles"http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2549/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 1/29/08: Internet writer Amad Fouad Al-Farhan detained without chargehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2545/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTSAUDI ARABIA 5/6/08: Internet writer Amad Fouad Al-Farhan releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2544/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 5/15/08: Imprisoned journalist’s health criticalhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2540/prmID/172Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 27 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTZIMBABWE 6/2/08: Frank Chikowore released on bailhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2538/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTSUDAN 6/2/08: Darfuri journalist detained since May 14http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2535/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 3/17/08: Editor of Afghan women's rights magazine arrested in Iranhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2532/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 6/10/08: Afghan Women's Rights journalist freedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2531/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTAFGHANISTAN 6/24/08: More international pressure needed for detained journalisthttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2529/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTCHINA 6/17/08: Dissident writer Chen Daojun chargedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2527/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTZIMBABWE 6/20/08: Satirical plays attacked and bannedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2525/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 6/9/08: Comedian and poet Zargana arrestedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2523/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTMYANMAR 6/26/08: Journalist detained after distributing aid to cyclone victimshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2520/prmID/172Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 26 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTTURKEY 6/20/08: Publisher Sentenced Under Article 301http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2476/prmID/172Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 20 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTPERU 4/25/08: Two months on, young poet still detained on terrorism chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2459/prmID/172Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTCUBA 3/13/08: Five years after 'Black Spring,' PEN calls for release of writershttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2452/prmID/172Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTCUBA 2/21/08: Three journalists released from prison and flown to Spainhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2453/prmID/172Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTPERU 4/17/08: Twenty-year-old poet detained on terrorism chargeshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2456/prmID/172Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 13 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTNIGER 3/13/08: Newspaper editor given one-month prison sentencehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2439/prmID/172Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTNIGER 2/15/08: Newspaper editor and founder both sentenced to one month in prison for libelhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2441/prmID/172Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTTUNISIA 3/6/08: Human-rights activist and her husband briefly detained and assaultedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2443/prmID/172Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTZIMBABWE 4/22/08: Journalist Frank Chikowore charged but remains detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2444/prmID/172Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 12 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIRAN 6/11/08: Journalist’s trial opens amid health concernshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2424/prmID/172Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 5 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTVENEZUELA 6/5/08: Newspaper vice president shot deadhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2427/prmID/172Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTThu, 5 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTIVORY COAST 1/31/08: Activist given one-year prison sentence for opinion piecehttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2417/prmID/172Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 4 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTAFGHANISTAN 6/6/08: Afghan journalist remains detainedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2420/prmID/172Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 4 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTAFGHANISTAN 1/24/08: Journalist Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh sentenced to death for blasphemyhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2421/prmID/172Wed, 4 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 4 Jun 2008 16:33:28 GMTD.R. CONGO 4/11/08: Newspaper editor detained incommunicado for five weekshttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2406/prmID/172Fri, 30 May 2008 16:33:28 GMTFri, 30 May 2008 16:33:28 GMTCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2/6/08: Newspaper editor sentenced to six months in prison in unfair trialhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2396/prmID/172Wed, 28 May 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 28 May 2008 16:33:28 GMTCENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 3/3/08: Newspaper editor sentenced to six months’ imprisonment releasedhttp://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2402/prmID/172Wed, 28 May 2008 16:33:28 GMTWed, 28 May 2008 16:33:28 GMT