Ahmet Altan was re-arrested on 12 November 2019 13 November 2019 – In response to an Istanbul court decision yesterday to re-arrest Turkish writer and journalist Ahmet Altan just eight days after he was released from prison, Jennifer Clement, President of PEN International, said: 'Starting in July 2017 Ahmet Altan was put through proceedings marred by violations of his right to a fair trial....

Wednesday 6 November 2019 The Russian authorities should drop all charges against Svetlana Prokopyeva, PEN International and PEN Moscow said today, as the journalist is facing a lengthy prison sentence for ‘justifying terrorism’ following comments she made on a radio show. The organisations further call on the Russian authorities to stop harassing and intimidating journalists who are reporting...

4 November 2019- The Cameroonian authorities should release journalist Paul Chouta immediately and unconditionally and drop the charges against him, PEN International said today. Chouta, a reporter for the news website Cameroon Web, and also the manager of a popular news page on Facebook called Le TGV de l'info, was arrested on 28 May 2019, in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, on...

Yuri Dmitriev The Russian authorities must uphold Yuri Dmitriev’s right to a fair and impartial trial, PEN International, St Petersburg PEN and PEN Moscow said today, ahead of a verdict expected by the end of the year. Yuri Dmitriev, historian and head of the Karelian branch of the human rights centre Memorial, North-Western Russia, stands accused of sexual abuse of a child and child pornography...

Por Alicia Quiñones Londres, 31 de octubre de 2019.- Durante las recientes semanas, en varios países de América Latina y el Caribe se han registrado largas jornadas de protestas, algunas con violencia,  con manifestantes agraviados por una abrumadora cantidad de problemas, como corrupción institucional, fraude electoral, aumento de precios del combustible y la reducción de los...

Turkish writer and academic Fikret Başkaya The Turkish authorities must drop all charges against Fikret Başkaya, PEN International said today, as the prominent writer and academic is facing a lengthy prison sentence on trumped-up terrorism charges. A verdict is expected to be announced at his next trial hearing on 22 November 2019. An internationally renowned writer, academic and human rights...

Daphne Caruana Galizia Update - 16 October 2019'It has been two years since Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered outside her home. Days ago, a court in Valleta, a city in which a public memorial to Daphne keeps being torn down by the Maltese authorities, sat through defamation case hearings that continue posthumously against Daphne. One of these cases was by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. I wish...