WarwickPEN

Warwick PEN is the Warwick-based student branch of @englishpen

[WarwickPEN @pen_warwick]

To launch Warwick PEN we are holding a How to Get Into Literary Translation event on Wed 17th Jan from 5.15 in H244. PGs + UGs welcome! https://t.co/OvTOhNNt12

[English PEN @englishpen]

@hughes_sophie And in more good news, there is a brand new @pen_warwick to boot!

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Show your support for award-winning photographer, writer & activist Shahidul Alam ahead of his bail hearing on 11 September https://t.co/fWkTV7FDpF #FreeShahidulAlam #Bangladesh

[English PEN @englishpen]

'He was blindfolded, handcuffed, arms behind his back... Heavy objects were put on his head, he was punched in the face, he was threatened with waterboarding.' - Shahidul Alam's niece speaks to @Channel4News https://t.co/ziV4QrEipT #FreeShahidulAlam #Bangladesh

[English PEN @englishpen]

So pleased to see our friend & colleague @NabeelRajab shortlisted for the 2018 Václav Havel Prize in recognition of his lifelong commitment to defending human rights https://t.co/XoqSLiOYOt #FreeNabeel #Bahrain

[English PEN @englishpen]

'You could walk every inch of a city and never uncover its secrets' - our former writer-in-residence @pinarbihter on exploring London's libraries. Translated by Ayça Türkoğlu @wwborders #WiTmonth https://t.co/YUig8WEstq

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With some great input from @IndexCensorship

[English PEN @englishpen]

@pen_int @UNHumanRights @PENamerican @MFA_Ukraine @lukeharding1968 We're still gathering messages of support for Oleg and plan to deliver them to the Russian Embassy in London next Tuesday, 21 August, at 11am. Join us if you can, help spread the word, and send us your messages. https://t.co/TYEkUagwsq #FreeSentsov #SaveSentsov #Russia

[English PEN @englishpen]

The charge has worn my body,
from my toes to the top of my head,
for I am a poet in prison,
a poet in the land of art.

From Dareen Tatour's 'A Poet Behind Bars', translated by Tariq Al Haydar & featured in 'A Blade of Grass: New Palestinian poetry'

#FreeDareen #PENgreetings

[WarwickPEN @pen_warwick]

This is always a great event and a brilliant way to find out about what's going on in the translation world @Warwick_Transla @WarwickSMLC

[English PEN @englishpen]

UPDATE: Tickets for this year's International Translation Day are now on sale! https://t.co/xKsDIAr5py #ITD2018

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Next Tuesday will mark Oleg Sentsov’s 100th day on hunger strike. Following reports that he has been denied access to correspondence - including from his own family - PEN plans to deliver messages to the Russian Embassy in #London & urge them to pass them on. #FreeSentsov

[English PEN @englishpen]

Last week, poet Dareen Tatour began serving her prison sentence in #Israel. Please consider sending her a message of support or a favourite poem. https://t.co/UI8ysykHRA #PENgreetings #FreeDareen

[English PEN @englishpen]

Eight years later, Dr Al-Singace remains in detention. And despite having suffered lasting damage as a result of ill-treatment he, like many others, is often denied access to the full medical attention he requires. #FreeAlSingace

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A fellow activist recently told PEN how distressing it is to revisit footage from the seminar, knowing that Dr Al-Singace has since been subjected to many of the forms of torture he described. https://t.co/hBUEUkci6h #FreeAlSingace #Bahrain

[English PEN @englishpen]

'Shahidul’s work and life are to be celebrated and emulated, not restricted' - @saliltripathi, chair of @pen_int's Writers in Prison Committee.

Join PEN in urging #Bangladesh to release leading writer & photographer Shahidul Alam. #FreeShahidul

https://t.co/ApMW0nYcZH

[English PEN @englishpen]

'We mustn’t ever relax... the life of the impossibly talented director Oleg Sentsov is at stake' - theatre producer Anna Palenchuk in @openDemocracy https://t.co/eLhf7OUu3r @pen_int #FreeSentsov #SaveOlegSentsov

[English PEN @englishpen]

'The process is complex and humiliating and presents the UK as a place that has closed its doors to international culture' - our Director @AntoniaByatt on #UKvisas in today's @thebookseller https://t.co/tJsRH6AO9h #visas #UK

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@ScottishPEN @edbookfest @nickbarleyedin @pen_int @CreativeScots @valmcdermid @AmnestyScotland @womenslibrary @writerkcampbell @BirlinnBooks Seconded. Our Director @AntoniaByatt has also commented on #UKvisas in @thebookseller: 'The process is complex and humiliating and presents the UK as a place that has closed its doors to international culture' https://t.co/tJsRH6AO9h

[English PEN @englishpen]

'His spirit and strength are dwindling after three months of starvation'. Concerns for imprisoned writer & filmmaker #OlegSentsov, now on day 89 of his hunger strike calling for the release of fellow political prisoners, are mounting https://t.co/TYEkUagwsq #Russia #FreeSentsov

[English PEN @englishpen]

Emmanuel Macron reported to have raised Oleg Sentsov's case with Vladimir Putin 'given that the health of Mr Sentsov seems to have worsened dangerously' https://t.co/prtuFfJ9sI #OlegSentsov #FreeSentsov #Russia @PutinRF_Eng

[English PEN @englishpen]

'He hasn’t had the opportunity to show the world all that he is as an artist' Imprisoned writer & filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike in #Russia for three months. Show your support https://t.co/TYEkUagwsq #FreeSentsov #SaveSentsov #FreeOlegSentsov #SaveOlegSentsov

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Eight years ago today, Bahraini academic, blogger & activist Dr Abduljalil Al-Singace was detained at Bahrain International Airport having just returned from a trip to #London. #FreeAlSingace #Bahrain