PEN Eritrea

One center of @pen_int; promotes literature and defends freedom of expression.

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

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[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

PEN Eritrea invites poets of Ethiopian and Eritrean descent to submit work for Voices for Peace, a new poetry anthology.

"Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people in spite of political or international upheavals."

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[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

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Biniam Simon Wins the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2025 https://t.co/0besHODNga

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

Dawit Isaak is the world's longest detained journalist. We will not stop calling for his release. #PressFreedom

[Hostage Aid Worldwide @HostageAid]

23 years, 10 months & 16 days — and still counting!
That’s how long 🇪🇷🇸🇪 journalist Dawit Isaak has been forcibly disappeared in Eritrea, a regime notorious for torture, arbitrary detention & total repression.
Dawit is a victim of one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships, & just as merciless is the silence that has met his disappearance.

Sweden watches. The world watches.
While an award-winning journalist languishes in a cell, unseen, unheard, forgotten.
Nearly 24 years of silence & inaction. How much longer must this go on?
#FreeDawit

@SwedishPM @MariaStenergard @SweMFA @AmnestySverige @amnesty @pressfreedom @RSF_inter @FreeDawit @pen_int @PEN_Ertra @TheRWCHR @LantosFndn @RSF_RUG @Tunback @Europarl_EN @EP_President @EUCouncil @EritreaMfa @bergersus @eu_eeas @UNHumanRights @UN_HRC @EvaMariaHall @Danait4 @BietelhemI @KurdoBaksi @esayasisaak @Edelstam

[PEN America @PENamerica]

The world’s longest-jailed writers and journalists are held in Eritrea, arrested over two decades ago for speaking up.

We talked with @PEN_Ertra's executive director Awet Fissehaye about how they continue to advocate for writers and fight for the truth. https://t.co/Xuwt3HI3XV

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

Photo courtesy of Kassahun Checole.

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

In memory of President Jimmy Carter, a champion of peace and human rights. Pictured reading "Eritrea and the United Nations and Other Essays" by Bereket Habte Selassie, published by Red Sea Press - its founder Kassahun Checole won the 2023 PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award.

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

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[English PEN @englishpen]

Today, as Alaa Abd el-Fattah spends yet another birthday in prison in Egypt, PEN colleagues around the world are continuing to call for his release.

#FreeAlaa @pen_int @FreedomForAlaa

[PEN International @pen_int]

Today, PEN International launches the Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign, calling for urgent global action to release and protect Jimmy Lai (Hong Kong), Alaa Abd el-Fattah (Egypt), Jose Rubén Zamora (Guatemala), and Kaciaryna Andrejeva (Belarus). Join us in standing with them and their families. Check the thread for ways to get involved.

#FreeJimmyLai #FreeAlaa #JoseRubénZamora  #KaciarynaAndrejeva

[PEN International @pen_int]

Today, join us on the Day of the #ImprisonedWriter social media action! Show your solidarity and share an image of yourself using the hashtag #IMPRISONEDWRITER on your hand. TODAY ONLY!

#FreeJimmyLai #FreeAlaa #JoseRubénZamora #KaciarynaAndrejeva

[English PEN @englishpen]

To mark Day of the #ImprisonedWriter, send a message of hope and solidarity through our letter-writing campaign, #PENWrites, and join bookshops across the UK taking part in the campaign.

✉️ Follow the link below to send a message ⤵️
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[PEN International @pen_int]

We are thrilled to learn that Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak has been awarded the Edelstam Prize 2024 for his courage defending free expression. As we celebrate the news, we continue to call for his release. #FreeDawitIsaak https://t.co/izQOg4iYjT @PEN_Ertra @PENsweden

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

Dawit Isaak: forcibly disappeared journalist has been awarded The Edelstam Prize 2024 https://t.co/0Y8fhLoxsJ

[PEN International @pen_int]

PEN Sweden and PEN Eritrea marked Dawit Isaak's 60th birthday this past weekend in Stockholm and Gothenburg, voices rose in song, poetry, and stories of resilience.

Sofia Berhane, Dawit's wife, shared a poem in Tigrinya, which was later translated by Elisabeth Löfgren, chairperson of Free Dawit.

[PEN Eritrea @PEN_Ertra]

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[PEN International @pen_int]

Today marks 10 years of @PEN_Ertra!

We are wishing you a heartfelt congratulations as you celebrate a decade of creative defiance and freedom! Your resilience and commitment to defending freedom of expression inspire us all at PEN International.

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Thank you also to Abrar Osman, what a great way to conclude the celebration!