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December 2, 2004- PEN Welcomes News of Raúl Rivero Castañeda and Oscar Espinosa Chepe's Releases October 22, 2004- Uzbek Journalist and Human Rights Activist Ruslan Sharipov Obtains Asylum in the United States October 8, 2004- PEN Protests the Recent Denial of Entry Visas to Cuban ScholarsSeptember 27, 2004- PEN, Publishers File Suit to Overturn Information Restrictions July 20, 2004 - PEN and CPJ Protest U.S. Authorities' Decision to Revoke Cuban Journalist's Visa June 18, 2004 - PEN Welcomes Release of Vietnamese Internet Dissident Lê Chi Quang May 21, 2004 -Statement from the 5th Biennial Conference of the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN May 3, 2004 -PEN Calls on President to Abandon PATRIOT ACT Politics, Foster Bipartisan Provision-by-Provision Review April 14, 2004 -PEN Welcomes Developments Regarding Prison Writing Suit, Workshop Suspension April 14, 2004 -Vaclav Havel and Nobel Laureates Call For Release of Imprisoned Burmese Writers April 5, 2004 -First Amendment Problems Remain in Wake of Latest OFAC Pronouncement April 5, 2004 -2004 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award Recipient Announced April 5, 2004 -2004 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Recipients Announced March 8, 2004 -Tony Kushner on Ruslan Sharipov and Human Rights in Uzbekistan March 4, 2004- PEN Protests Treasury Department Regulations that Interfere with Publishing Literature and Information from Embargoed Countries
Click here to read the Feb. 28, 2004 New York Times Article about the Treasury
Department Regulations
February 17, 2004- Book, Library Groups Launch Patriot Act Petition Campaign
December 4, 2003 -International PEN´s Mexico City Congress condemns attacks on writers worldwide
November 19, 2003- PEN Hails Releases of Tunisian e-zine Writer and Cuban Journalist September 30, 2003-Bryant Park Event Reflects on the Freedoms to Write and Read September 25, 2003 - PEN Sounds Alarm Over Court Appearance of Uzbek Activist September 19, 2003-PEN protests Ashcroft comments on librarians, urges repeal of
PATRIOT ACT provisions on May 22,2003 -PEN Protests High school Attempt to Censor Russell Banks' Continental Drift May 15, 2003 - PEN joins Statement urging Congress to Safeguard Americans' Freedom to Read April 9, 2003 - PEN to Present Impunity Cases at UNESCO Press Freedom Day Observance April 2, 2003 - 2003 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Recipients Announced April 2, 2003 - 2003 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award Recipient Announced January 23, 2003 - PEN Welcomes News of Grigory Pasko's Release December 10, 2002 - PEN announces year-long Freedom of Expression and Impunity Campaign October 22, 2002 - PEN Protests U.S. Treatment of Turkish Rights Champion August 19, 2002 - PEN, Book Groups Protest Secrecy on Bookstore, Library Subpoenas June 25, 2002 - Risking Retribution, Leading Iranian Human Rights Lawyer Pleads for Jailed Husband's Release April 11, 2002 - Burmese Poet, Uighur Historian to Receive 2002 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards April 11, 2002 - Vanessa Leggett to Receive 2002 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award March 7, 2002 - PEN Fights Bush Executive Order on Presidential Papers February 7, 2002 - PEN Applauds Release of Mexican General January 3, 2002 - PEN American Center Deplores Sentencing of Russian Military Journalist November 16, 2001 - PEN Looks for Quick Action by Fox Administration Following IACHR Ultimatum on Jailed Mexican General October 11, 2001 - PEN American Center Protests Prison Transfer for Iranian Translator March 26, 2001 - Louisiana High School Librarian, Little Havana Theater Director Named Co-recipients of 2001 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award April 5, 2001 - Iranian Publisher and Uzbek Novelist to Receive 2001 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Awards May 14, 2001 - PEN Opposes Preliminiary Injunction Halting Publication of The Wind Done Gone |