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PEN PRESS RELEASES: BY DATE
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Following is an archive of press releases issued by PEN American Center, listed by year. See press releases sorted by subject. Please contact us if you have any questions about these releases.
2012
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February 3, 2012:
PEN Abhors Free Expression Violations in Tibet
 PEN American Center today expressed concern regarding the Chinese government’s crackdown on freedom of expression in Tibet after official media reported that authorities cut Internet and mobile phone service in the region, and called on the government to “adhere to international standards of freedom of expression and allow citizens to report freely and independently on the situation.”
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February 1, 2012:
Paul Auster Responds to Turkish Prime Minister, Speaks for Jailed Writers
 Author and PEN American Center member Paul Auster issued a statement today addressed to Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that highlights the cases of Ragip Zarakolu and the scores of other writers and journalists currently in prison or on trial in Turkey.
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January 30, 2012:
PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must End
 A delegation of PEN International today reiterated its call for “immediate and definitive action” to end the killings of journalists in Mexico.
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January 23, 2012:
Media Advisory: PEN PROTESTA!
 PEN International and the PEN Club de México present “PEN Protesta! In Support of Journalists and Freedom of Expression,” a public demonstration of solidarity and a demand for accountability for the murders and disappearances of journalists in Mexico.
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January 20, 2012:
PEN Statement on Salman Rushdie’s Withdrawal from Lit Fest After Death Threats
 PEN American Center today deplored the failure of the Indian government to guarantee the safety of the center’s former president and World Voices Festival of International Literature Chair Salman Rushdie in the face of alleged death threats surrounding the author’s planned appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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January 18, 2012:
PEN Protests Charges Against Zhu Yufu, Insisting “Poetry Is Not a Crime”
 PEN American Center called on Chinese authorities to drop plans to prosecute poet and activist Zhu Yufu for “inciting subversion of state power” for one of his poems, saying the move runs counter to all notions of expressive freedom.
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January 13, 2012:
PEN Welcomes Release of Award-Winning Burmese Blogger Nay Phone Latt
 PEN American Center is thrilled by the news that blogger Nay Phone Latt, the 2010 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award winner, has been released from prison in Myanmar today in one of the most significant amnesties of political prisoners in the country’s history, calling it “a triumph for freedom of expression in this critical year.”
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