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Information in
English about Norwegian P.E.N.
These pages
contain information related to the international work of
Norwegian P.E.N., as well as other material and information about our
work available in English. When you
click on the menues you may read more information about Norwegian PEN. Underneath you will find our activities
calendar - a survey
of our most recent and upcoming activities.
Latest update
of these pages: 30. May 2006
SEE OUR CALENDAR OF
EVENTS WITH LINKS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE
Freedom of Expression in Tunisia remains
under siege six months after the WSIS
Read the third TMG-report
Is the Norwegian Directorate of
Immigration (UDI) breaking Norwegian law?
UDI fails to take a stand in the
Mordechai Vanunu case - read more
Read Andrej Dynkos prison diary
Dynko is former president
of Belarusian PEN and one among several journalists who were arrested
during the Minsk demonstrations in March. Norwegian PEN has
received a copy of his prison diary, written for Dynkjos periodical
"Nasha Niva". Dynko also thanks Norwegian NGOs for moral support
and Norwegian media for bringing information about the situation in
Belarus to the Norwegian public. Read
diary.
Norwegian PEN focus on
Mexican writer and journalist Lydia Cacho on the
International Women´s Day
Cacho faces
charges of criminal defamation related to her exposure of the
connection between a businessman and an alleged child pornographer - read more
Norwegian PEN
will observe new trials in Turkey
A dozen new trials
against writers and publishers are scheduled during the first two weeks
of February. Norwegian PEN and the Norwegian Bar Association will
observe - read more.
Fakhra
Salimi
awarded Norwegian PENs Ossietzky prize for 2005
Read article
4th
Gathering in Istanbul for Freedom of Expression
Read report from meetings and seminars
Nov. 19. 22.
"NEVER AGAIN"
Norwegian PEN and international NGOs ask the UN for a thorough
investigation into the attacks on human rights and freedom of
expression prior to and during the WSIS in Tunisia - read letter
Norwegian
PEN celebrates the Day of the Imprisoned Writer and marks the 10th
anniversary of the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa, November 10th
See press
release
The writer focus
cases for 2005
Seven
dissidents go on hunger-strike in Tunisia
In a
communique, the seven hungerstrikers, among them president of the
Journalists Syndicate, Lotfi Hajji, demand that freedom of assembly and
expression be introduced and that all political prisoners be freed.
HR- and
FOE-situation in Tunisia deteriorated, say international experts - report from recent
TMG-mission launched in Geneva
on 26.
September - read
NGO-statement
Norwegian
PEN joins international campaign for the release of M. Abbou - read more
Calendar
2006
February: Norwegian PEN will
observe several court cases in Istanbul and Ankara against Turkish
writers and publishers during the two first weeks of February.
20. - 24.02: Secretary general will
attend AGM of IFEX - International Freedom of Expression Exchange in
Brussels, Belgium.
01. - 04.03: Norwegian PEN
delegation will attend International PENs WiPC 6th conference in
Istanbul, Turkey.
20.04: Norwegian PEN AGM, Oslo.
22. - 27.05: International
PENs congress, Berlin, Germany.
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