Photograph of human rights defenders outside the United Nations Office at Geneva in 2010. From left to right are: Alexis Krikorian, director of Freedom to Publish at the International Publisher’s Association (2007-13) and head of Foundations at Amnesty International (2019-); Erol Önderoğlu, Reporters Without Borders representative in Turkey; and Sara Whyatt, programme director (1990-2013) and interim executive director (2010-11) of PEN International. Whyatt headed PEN International’s freedom of expression programme at its offices in London for over 20 years during which time she has become a specialist in the challenges faced by writers in Turkey. In 2011 Whyatt and Krikorian authored a joint statement from PEN International and the International Publisher’s Association titled For the Sake of Freedom of Expression in Turkey, IPA and PEN International Demand Immediate Release of Publisher Ragıp Zarakolu.