PEN, ICORN, and Eaten Fish
PEN, ICORN, and Eaten Fish
Photograph of PEN and ICORN (International Cities of Refuge Network) members with Iranian cartoonist Ali Dorani (known as ‘Eaten Fish’) outside PEN International’s former offices in London in 2018. From left to right are: Cathy McCann, former researcher for the Writers in Prison Committee and Writers at Risk Protection Manager (2015-) at PEN International; Dorani; and Lotte Hovda Løkeland, coordinator of Friby Stavanger, the city’s programme for refugee writers. Ali Dorani, an Iranian refugee, was given the alias ‘Eaten Fish’ after the boat carrying him to Australia sank. He was locked up in the immigration detention centre at Manus Island, in Papua New Guinea as part of Australia’s ‘deterrence’ policy, where he suffered persecution. PEN International and ICORN, after a period of campaigning on his behalf, were able to relocate Ali Dorani to Stavanger, Norway, in 2018. Stavanger is among the funders of ICORN, and Ali Dorani is the 11th refugee writer to be welcomed into the city.
PEN, ICORN, and Eaten Fish
PEN, ICORN, y Eaten Fish
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