Rapid Action
Rapid Action
PEN's Rapid Actions are urgent bulletins about writers at risk of arrest, imprisonment, or attack. Each of the bulletins contains a brief summary of the case and information on who you can contact to stop or mitigate the abuse.
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PEN International protests in the strongest possible terms the Ethiopian Supreme Court’s May 2, 2013, decision to uphold Eskinder Nega’s conviction on highly dubious terrorism-related charges and his 18-year prison sentence. It also protests the continuing imprisonment of four other journalists under Ethiopia’s 2009 Anti-Terrorism Proclamation. ... more »
PEN International condemns the detention of blogger Jabeur Mejri, whose seven-and-a-half year sentence for expressing allegedly blasphemous views online was confirmed by the Court of Cassation on April 25, 2013. ... more »
PEN International protests the treatment of blogger and writer Jean Laokolé, who has been charged with defamation after being arrested by a group of men in civilian clothes on March 22, 2013, and detained incommunicado for three days. ... more »
PEN is disturbed by the disappearance of journalist Sergio Landa Rosado from Veracruz state, who has been missing since January 23, 2013, as well as by alleged threats against reporter Jorge Carrasco Araizaga by Veracruz authorities. ... more »
Award winning Uzbek writer, Mamadali Makhmudov, has finally been released after over 14 years in prison. ... more »
PEN is alarmed by the recent threats made against Darío Ramírez, director of the free expression organization ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, and his team in relation to their work. ... more »
On Monday, April 15, celebrated pianist, composer, and writer Fazıl Say is due to appear in court for the third time for comments posted on Twitter. ... more »
PEN International protests the incommunicado detention of blogger and writer Jean Laokolé ... more »
PEN International welcomes the release of the independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias. ... more »
PEN International is seriously concerned by the recent arrests of four Bangladeshi bloggers ... more »