Day of the imprisoned writer
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Behrouz Boochani – detained on Manus Island
Boochani, an Iranian Kurd who fled his country after he faced arrest and imprisonment for his writing, is detained by Australia in Papua New Guinea
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Dieudonné Enoh Meyomesse
Alain Mabanckou’s open letter to the Cameroonian poet, currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for what PEN believes are political reasons
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Gao Yu
Elif Shafak’s open letter to the journalist Gao Yu celebrates the courageous writings for which she has been jailed in China, but which ‘echo far and wide’
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Nelson Aguilera
Luisa Valenzuela’s open letter to a writer sentenced to jail in Paraguay for allegedly plagiarising a novel
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Azimjon Askarov
Life of Pi author Yann Martel’s open letter to a journalist who has spent his career exposing corruption in Kyrgyzstan, where he is sentenced to life imprisonment
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Mahvash Sabet
Leading authors mount international open-letter protest to defend 900 persecuted writers
