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PEN International is a worldwide association of writers, founded in London in 1921 to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere. PEN International now has autonomous Centres in over 100 countries.


Other goals included: to emphasise the role of literature in the development of mutual understanding and world culture; to fight for freedom of expression; and to act as a powerful voice on behalf of writers harassed, imprisoned and sometimes killed for their views.


PEN originally stood for "Poets, Essayists and Novelists", but now includes writers of any form of literature, such as journalists and historians.


It is the world’s oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization.

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PEN International is launching a "Women's Manifesto" on International Women's Day (8th March): a set of principles aiming to protect women's free expression by "combating and eliminating the silencing of women worldwide, whether through censorship, harassment, or violence". The manifesto is intended ...

So when Pen International launched its South India chapter a couple of months ago, it cited the Madhorubhagan episode as an example of attack on a writer's freedom of expression. The new chapter aims to protect the freedom of expression of writers and focus on literature in Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, ...
Carles Torner, one of the leading modern Catalan poets, is also the Executive Director of PEN International, with which he has worked for over 20 years. He has been the chair of their Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee. Torner was in Chennai to speak about PEN's South Indian Chapter, their ...
"These verdicts, the first against journalists accused of being connected to the July 2016 failed coup, set a devastating precedent for the many other journalists and writers in Turkey who are being tried on similarly spurious charges," said Jennifer Clement, president of PEN International. Ahmet Altan, a ...
Pune, Feb 16 (PTI) Writers from across the world would discuss threats being faced by the members of their fraternity and other issues concerning them at a convention to be held here in September. PEN International, a worldwide association of writers that seeks to promote literature and freedom of ...
"A guilty verdict in this case will set an extremely negative precedent for the many cases where journalists and writers are being tried on groundless charges related to the coup attempt," said Sarah Clarke who observed the hearings for PEN International at Silivri prison. "It is essential that the international ...
The annual meeting of PEN International will be held for the first time in India, in September this year. The Congress, which will bring together representatives of 140 PEN centres from around the world, will mark the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 this year. The event, in Pune, will also ...


 

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