Highlights from our 90th PEN International Annual Congress! Thank you to everyone who made it a memorable event, including our partners @englishpen, and to all the PEN Centres who came together throughout the week.
More photos coming soon!
Photo credit: Roberk Brooks
@benokri@Elif_Safak@RuthBorthwick @brhnsnmz
PEN International sends an open letter to Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on her first day in office on freedom of expression and the killing of journalists.
Read our open letter: https://t.co/C6YV8bLNtI
@Claudiashein
PEN Ecuador stands in solidarity with the journalist @cubalondra. We staunchly reject the Ecuadorian government's efforts to silence her voice and her legal right to freedom of expression via the revocation of her visa.
PEN Ecuador stands in solidarity with the journalist @cubalondra. We staunchly reject the Ecuadorian government's efforts to silence her voice and her legal right to freedom of expression via the revocation of her visa.
Nos solidarizamos con la periodista @cubalondra y rechazamos las medidas del gobierno ecuatoriano para acallar su voz y su derecho a la libertad de expresión.
Yesterday, #JulianAssange was released from Belmarsh prison where he had been held since 2019 after accepting a plea deal with the #US DOJ. We celebrate this momentous news. He is expected to reunite with his family upon being sentenced later today. His plea could, however, set a dangerous precedent for press freedom worldwide. Our statement: https://t.co/rQkQtPPPNY
#CerlalcDestaca 📣
🇪🇨📚 ¡Agéndate! Sé parte del conversatorio "Radiografía del ecosistema editorial en Ecuador", con la participación de Camila Corral, docente investigadora en @uartesec; y Germán Gacio, co-coordinador de la Red Hispanohablante de la @indpuballiance. Este espacio será moderado por José Diego González, gerente de Producción y Circulación del Libro del Cerlalc.
📆 27 de febrero
🕚 11:00 a.m. (Hora Ecuador)
👉🏻 Conéctate aquí: https://t.co/razA5jEP82
El periodismo libre da voz a la gente común, a diversas comunidades y, muchas veces, presenta los problemas desde los orígenes dando luz a injusticias. Únete a la campaña #PENsarLibres y comparte tu historia sobre cómo el periodismo influye en tu vida. #Honduras
PEN INTERNATIONAL
Noticias sobre América Latina:
- NICARAGUA: encarcelado el escritor Freddy Quezada.
- CUBA: Artista Tania Bruguera acosada por el régimen.
- Mexico: Más agresiones a periodistas.
- PENsar Libres, campaña de PEN Honduras.
👉https://t.co/r7bPgI475N
#Colombia poet/journalist/director of Unión Televisión, Wilder Alfredo Córdoba Rodríguez, was murdered on 28 November 2022 for his work. On #DayoftheDead, join us and @PEN_LAC’s campaign, Cause of Death: Impunity. Share this post and join our #PENProtest: https://t.co/d1r3RqLBUB
#Nicaragua Nos preocupan los reportes de que, el 12 de septiembre, las autoridades confiscaron la casa de la escritora y presidenta de @PENnicaragua@GiocondaBelliP. Seguimos condenando el continuo acoso a Belli y voces críticas de Daniel Ortega.
https://t.co/GUrsqudI1R
El nuevo informe de @CubalexDDH, @pen_int y @atriskartists “Método Cuba: Testimonios de artistas independientes sobre el exilio forzado” detalla las formas de represión empleadas por el Estado cubano para censurar y forzar a los artistas a salir del país https://t.co/bwiFfvEu0P
Compartimos la lectura del poema "Tamyawan shamukupani" de Yana Lucila Lema (1974). Este video forma parte de las "Iniciativas Exitosas para visibilizar las lenguas silenciadas”, organizadas por el @pen_int.
@TLRC_PEN@YanaLema
https://t.co/jqVDibkU0Q
Congratulations to Nicaraguan poet, novelist, and PEN member @GiocondaBelliP, for winning the Reina Sofía poetry prize, one of the most prestigious Spanish language awards! The PEN community applauds the recognition of her literary contribution: https://t.co/dOgDLt7Zmi @PEN_LAC
#China: PEN International and 57 PEN Centres around the world call for the immediate and unconditional release of detained writer and journalist, Dong Yuyu, who has been accused of espionage. Our joint statement ⬇️
https://t.co/vUHvlbpXDn
@PENamerica@DanishPen@PenEritrea
#México 🇲🇽 PEN Internacional condena y documenta el asesinato del periodista Marco Aurelio Ramírez en Tehuacán, Puebla. Llama a la @FiscaliaPuebla para que investigue el asesinato bajo el Protocolo Homologado contra delitos a la libertad de expresión.
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https://t.co/4uYUKbFKHl
#Iran: PEN International and PEN Centres worldwide are outraged to learn that writer/poet #MahvashSabet was brutally tortured while imprisoned at Evin Prison. We call for her immediate and unconditional release and demand that she receives immediate medical care: https://t.co/XVV6hrgSWX @penparaguay@penhonduras @penperth @pen_chile @PenSydney @PENamerica@pen_uyghur@PENquebec
PEN America joins @pen_int and other PEN Centers in condemning the imprisonment and brutal torture of writer and poet Mahvash Sabet and urging the Iranian authorities to release her immediately and unconditionally. #Iran#MahvashSabet
El @pen_int con apoyo firmado de 29 CENTROS PEN, entre ellos el PEN Ecuador, insta a las autoridades iraníes poner en libertad a la poeta y escritora Mahvash Sabet.
En este enlace pueden revisar la campaña que existe actualmente para su liberación:
https://t.co/xSFPKqCSgT