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PRIORITY CASES
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Uzbekistan: Muhammad Bekjanov
 A journalist sentenced to 15 years in prison for his alleged involvement in the Uzbek opposition movement; Bekjanov suffers from tuberculosis, which he contracted in prison. >> More
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Uzbekistan: Mamadali Mahmudov
 A writer sentenced to 14 years in prison for his alleged involvement in the Uzbek opposition movement; testified to having been tortured under interrogation, including beatings, electric shock, and threat of rape of female family members. >> More
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Turkey: Ragip Zarakolu
 Writer and publisher who founded Belge Publishing House; charges against him have resulted in imprisonment, the confiscation and destruction of books, and the imposition of heavy fines; he is currently being tried under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code. >> More
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A journalist who has covered human-rights abuses and written articles critical of government, Karimov has been held in psychiatric detention for over a year. 
Executive director of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society and editor-in-chief of Pravo-zashchita, Dmitrievsky is under continuous pressure and harassment by the Russian authorities to halt his human-rights activities. 
A correspondent for the Russian press agency Prima and president of the Independent Journalists Association of Uzbekistan. 
PEN is appalled by the news of the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, who was shot dead outside his office in Istanbul on January 19, 2007. 
