Archives for Action Alerts
Previous Action Alert - 05/24/07 - VIETNAM
May 24, 2007
VIETNAM: Internet writer and human rights lawyer Tran Quoc Hien sentenced.
Previous Action Alert - 4/26/07 - ETHIOPIA - HONORARY MEMBERS RELEASED!
April 26, 2007
PEN USA Honorary Members Sisay Agena and Eskinder Nega RELEASED
ETHIOPIA: eight journalists released after 17 months in prison; seven still detained
The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN welcomes the release from prison of eight Ethiopian journalists on 9 April 2007. However PEN also calls for the immediate and unconditional release of six other journalists and two academics still being detained.
Previous Action Alerts 04/19/07 - EGYPT
April 19, 2007
EGYPT: Detention of Internet writer Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman (aka Kareem Amer), other judicial proceedings against journalists and writers in Egypt.
International PEN report on defamation and insult laws in Egypt available
Previous Action Alerts 04/11/07 - RUSSIA
April 11, 2007
RUSSIA: Journalist Vladimir Chugunov Held in Isolation in Psychiatric Detention
Vladimir Chugunov, an editor for the independent weekly Chugunka, awarded the 2002 Sakharov Prize for freedom of expression, has been held in psychiatric detention since 21 January 2007. More than two and a half months later he remains detained in isolation. There is acute concern for his well being.