Letters with wings

For Poetry Day Ireland, we want to invite everyone to write a poetic letter, or a poetic message of few lines, to be sent to artists and activists in prison.

[Letters with wings @WingsLetters]

9th September @ilb_ , Freedom To Write, @PENIreland & @WingsLetters in aid of freedom of expression and democracy in Hong Kong. Readers @celiadefreine @DunneCatherine @VivianaFiorenti, Kate Ennals, Iggy McGovern, @maria_mcmanus & @libranwriter https://t.co/iSMPayiUX4

[Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw]

Today, Friday, March 22nd, from 6:00 PM, my permanent exhibition "Women. Life. Freedom" will open, featuring ten drawings from the exhibition "The Massacre of Flowers," which I had created at and in collaboration with the Castromediano Museum #Lecce @MuCastromediano.

At #Lecce, at Masseria Tagliatelle - Ninfeo Station. The exhibition is curated by @TdfMediterranea with the support of the Regional Council of Puglia.

The exhibition is part of a series dedicated to #Narin, one of the symbolic figures in the struggle of young Kurdish women for freedom and self-determination, featuring a series of events focusing on women who have inspired and implemented social and cultural revolutions over time and space, paving the way for gender equality. #Iran

[Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw]

Innocent Bahati is a popular Rwandan poet known for his open and critical expression on social issues affecting ordinary Rwandans.

He has been missing since 7 February 2021. Bahati published his poetry on YouTube and Facebook and regularly performed at poetry events in #Rwanda. His poems include ‘Mfungurira’ (Open); ‘Rubebe’, a satire about the church; and ‘Uwenda Ngomba u Rwanda’ (The Debt I Need for Rwanda) among others.

His whereabouts remain unknown and Rwanda authorities continued to be evasive and non-committal about investigations they claim to have conducted.

- @pen_int Case List 2023/2024: Unveiling the Persecution and Censorship of Writers Amid War
Info: https://t.co/YCOpMybDfz

[Daniel Gorman @dnlgorman]

The @pen_int annual Case List is launched today - it makes for devastating, vital reading. Freedom of expression is under threat globally - human rights are being ignored & eroded. Please consider joining @englishpen to support writers in times of risk & to fight for your rights

[Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw]

I dedicate March 8th to Nika, Saha, Yalda, Narges, Jina Masha, Dayeh, and to all Iranian women...

#8MarchInternationalWomensDay #8march

[Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw]

Happy Birthday Ilhan Sami Çomak

lhan Sami Çomak was arrested when he was a student, aged 22 . For 29 years he has been kept unjustly in a prison cell.

Please join us to mark the last birthday in prison of Kurdish poet @ilhan_comak via the following Zoom Meeting link: https://t.co/GEFY7Bj3hj Meeting ID: 832 6602 3056 on Friday 8 march 19.00 - 20.30 GMT

@PENIreland @pen_int @PEN_Norway
@VivianaFiorenti @hilalnesin

[Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw]

Ceasefire NOW.

[Narges Mohammadi | نرگس محمدی @nargesfnd]

Plaque Dedication to Narges Mohammadi at the Milan Garden of the Righteous Worldwide, Milan in recognition of Narges Mohammadi's advocacy for women's rights, coinciding with the upcoming International Women's Day.
#NARGESMOHAMMADI

[Narges Mohammadi | نرگس محمدی @nargesfnd]

Since November 29, 2023, I have been deprived of telephone calls and visits. This ban has just been extended because of the letter I recently sent to Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations, asking him to criminalize gender apartheid.
#NargesMohammadi

[Gianluca Costantini @channeldraw]

The entire series of "Ceasefire Now" drawings is available for free download to activists, concerned citizens, and human rights organizations.

Here: https://t.co/PGMz0ePBnJ

#Gaza #Israel

[Letters with wings @WingsLetters]

#IlhanSamiÇomak last birthday in prison - reading 8th March. lhan Sami Çomak was arrested when he was a student, aged 22 . Thanks @channeldraw for making a beautiful birthday card for Ilhan! @englishpen @NorskPen @PENWalesCymru @PENIreland @pen_int @amdondo @penturkeycenter

[Narges Mohammadi | نرگس محمدی @nargesfnd]

22 months have passed for Narges Mohammadi without seeing her father, and 3 months without being able to speak with him due to banned phone calls. Even today, she wasn’t allowed to make a call to offer condolences to her family. / Video was taken in Nov 2020
#NargesMohammadi

[Narges Mohammadi | نرگس محمدی @nargesfnd]

Today, #KarimMohammadi Narges Mohammadi's Father departed this world, having endured 22 months without seeing his daughter and 3 months without hearing her voice. We emphasize: it is Narges's ABSOLUTE RIGHT to attend her father's funeral.

[PEN International @pen_int]

We are deeply concerned about reports of attacks on publishing houses in the West Bank. Freedom of expression is fundamental to democracy and must be protected. PEN International stands in solidarity with those affected and calls for immediate action to safeguard press freedom.

[Letters with wings @WingsLetters]

@PENIreland @englishpen @ScottishPEN @PENWalesCymru

[PEN International @pen_int]

We support the right to dissent and call for an independent and thorough investigation into #AlexeiNavalny’s death. Justice and transparency are crucial. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

[Agnes Callamard @AgnesCallamard]

They killed him. I am heartbroken. I am thinking of his wife and kids, his friends and colleagues. RIP courageous #AlexeiNavalny. May you find many wonderful rivers to swim in. https://t.co/SnNhiYKbuP

[English PEN @englishpen]

We are very concerned about the updated ACE policies on 'reputational risk' and the chilling effect it may have on artistic expression. We will continue to engage with @ace_national about the impact of these updates on freedom of expression and artistic freedom.

[GregDinner @GregDinner]

@PENIreland @WingsLetters Disgraceful and heartbreaking. Pity the 10s if thousands not marching for justice in Iran

[GregDinner @GregDinner]

@PENIreland @WingsLetters What kind of inhuman regime/government is this? All our support with Narges Mohammadi, a woman of extreme courage who fights for the rights of all others. She is in our thoughts. The truth will set you free...and the truth terrifies the regime in Iran.

[Csilla Toldy @CsillaToldy]

"Memories are pillars of the future." Nedim Türfent interviewed by Khairani Barokka in MPT https://t.co/nzW8GaSV1b
@PENIreland @WingsLetters @VivianaFiorenti @AngelaGraham8

[Center for Human Rights in Iran @ICHRI]

Political prisoner Zeinab Jalalian, currently in the 16th year of imprisonment at the Central Prison of Yazd in central Iran, is reportedly being denied access to essential medical care unless she complies with specific demands that paint her as a criminal, instead of a woman who has spent most of her life in jail in Iran without due process.

According to the Kurdish human rights news service Kurdpa, she is being pressured to record a false "confession" for state TV, as well as agree to collaborate with state security officials as a spy.

Jalalian, an ethnic Kurd who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2007, is serving a life sentence for her alleged involvement in a banned separatist group. Despite her urgent need for crucial medical treatment for severe health issues, including heart, intestinal, and kidney diseases exacerbated by inhumane prison conditions and mistreatment, Iranian authorities have refused to release her.

#Iran
#زینب_جلالیان