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Şanar Yurdatapan at Istanbul University rally

Photograph of the Turkish journalist Şanar Yurdatapan speaking at a protest rally held at Istanbul University on 11 March 1997. Standing just behind Yurdatapan is Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, international secretary...

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Date:11/03/2017
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Rally at Istanbul University

Photograph of Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, international secretary (2004-07) and vice-president emeritus of PEN International, speaking at a protest rally held at Istanbul University on 11 March 1997. To Leedom-Ackerman's left...

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Date:11/03/1997
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PEN members at Istanbul University rally

Photograph of PEN members at a protest rally held at Istanbul University on 11 March 1997. Among them are: Alexander Tkachenko, founding member and general secretary of the Russian...

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Date:11/03/1997
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Bhasha wari in India

Photograph of students taking part in Bhasha wari, a procession in which the words ‘Truth, Freedom, Diversity’ were presented in 6,000 languages on signs to celebrate global languages. PEN...

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Date:28/09/2018
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Bhasha wari for global languages

Photograph of students taking part in Bhasha wari, a procession in which the words ‘Truth, Freedom, Diversity’ were presented in 6,000 languages on signs to celebrate global languages. PEN...

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Date:28/09/2018
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Celebrating Yiddish at Basha wari

Photograph of participants holding a sign to champion Yiddish at Bhasha wari, a procession in which the words ‘Truth, Freedom, Diversity’ were presented in 6,000 languages on signs to...

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Date:28/09/2018
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Protest for Egunkaria

Photograph of demonstrators at a protest held outside the offices of the Basque newspaper Egunkaria on 20 February 2013, the day the newspaper was forcibly shut down. Egunkaria, which...

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Date:20/02/2013
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Starcevic and Kathmann at UN demonstration

Photograph of Elizabeth Starcevic, on the left, former president of the San Miguel de Allende Centre and member of the Women Writers Committee, and Lucina Kathmann, on the right,...

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Date:08/03/2015
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Empty Chair Campaign in Kyiv

Photograph of the Ukrainian Centre's Empty Chair Campaign, which was staged in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv on 15 November 2018 - the date of the annually observed Day of...

PEN centre:Ukrainian Centre  (Український ПЕН)
Date:15/11/2018
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Demonstration for Sentsov in Lviv

Photograph of Ukrainian Centre members taking part in a demonstration organised by the Centre that was held during the 2018 Lviv Book Forum, which took place on 19-23 September...

PEN centre:Ukrainian Centre  (Український ПЕН)
Date:23/09/2018
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Emine and Maside Ocak are awarded

Photograph of two members of Cumartesi Anneleri, 'The Saturday Mothers' - a group of human rights defenders - receiving the 2019 PEN Duygu Asena Award at a ceremony held...

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:11/03/2019
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2019 PEN Duygu Asena Award

Photograph of members of the Turkish Centre and members of Cumartesi Anneleri, 'The Saturday Mothers', onstage at the 2019 PEN Duygu Asena Awards ceremony, which was held at Tiyatro...

PEN centre:Turkish Centre  (PEN Türkiye Merkezi)
Date:11/03/2019
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Protest in Santiago, 2017

Poster created to advertise a demonstration that was organised by the Chilean Centre and staged at Plaza de la Cultura in Santiago on 7 November 2017. This protest, titled...

PEN centre:Chilean Centre  (PEN Club Chile)
Date:07/11/2017
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Saudi writers demonstration in Brussels

Photograph of a demonstration organised by the Belgian Dutch-Speaking Centre in collaboration with Amnesty International in 2015. The title of this demonstration was Schrijven is slecht voor je rug...

PEN centre:Belgian Dutch-Speaking Centre  (PEN Vlaanderen)
Date:01/01/2015
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Campaigning for Oleg Sentsov

Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used in the American Centre's 2018 campaign advocating for the release of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who...

PEN centre:American Centre  (PEN America)
Date:01/01/2018
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Marche manifestive en poésie

Photograph of the Marche manifestive en poésie, which took place on 2 May 2019 in Montreal and was organised jointly by the Quebecois Centre's Women Writers Committee, La Poésie...

PEN centre:Quebecois Centre  (Centre québécois du P.E.N. International)
Date:02/05/2019
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Demonstration for International Workers' Day

Photograph of Sandra Santana, on the left, president of the Puerto Rican Centre (2016-18), Vanessa Droz, in the centre, former president of the Puerto Rican Centre, and Marie Ramos...

PEN centre:Puerto Rican Centre  (PEN Club de Puerto Rico)
Date:01/05/2017
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Supporting the residents of Peñuelas

Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre showing their support to the residents of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, who had established an encampment to demonstrate against the dumping of...

PEN centre:Puerto Rican Centre  (PEN Club de Puerto Rico)
Date:24/07/2017
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Encampment against coal ashes in Peñuelas

Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre showing their support for the residents of Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, who had set up an encampment to demonstrate against the dumping...

PEN centre:Puerto Rican Centre  (PEN Club de Puerto Rico)
Date:24/07/2017
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Women Writers Committee protesting

Photograph of members from PEN International's Women Writers Committee at a protest that was co-organised by The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the Palestinian Embassy, and...

PEN centre:Palestinian Centre  (الرابطة الدولية للقلم-فرع فلسطين)
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Appeal from the Nicaraguan Centre

Video of Nicaraguan Centre members delivering an appeal for support in Managua on 18 June 2018. In this video members from the Nicaraguan Centre address fellow PEN members across...

PEN centre:Nicaraguan Centre  (PEN Nicaragua)
Date:18/06/2018
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Reading for Ashraf Fayadh at Literato

Photograph of the audience listening to speakers at a protest event co-organised by the Nicaraguan Centre to show solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, artist, and curator living...

PEN centre:Nicaraguan Centre  (PEN Nicaragua)
Date:14/01/2016
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Solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh in Managua

Invitation to a protest event co-organised by the Nicaraguan Centre to show solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, artist, and curator living in Saudi Arabia, who was sentenced...

PEN centre:Nicaraguan Centre  (PEN Nicaragua)
Date:14/01/2016
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Demonstration against Runet

Photograph of members of the Moscow Centre protesting against Runet, an online network autonomous from the Internet and under Russian regulations. From left to right: photojournalist Victoria Ivleva; unknown;...

PEN centre:Moscow Centre  (ПЭН-Москва)
Date:10/03/2019
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Campaign for Alexey Malobrodsky

Photograph of a demonstrator holding a sign asking for the liberation of Alexey Malobrodsky, a Russian theatre producer who was arrested in June 2017 under charges of fraud as...

PEN centre:Moscow Centre  (ПЭН-Москва)
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Lev Ponomariov at protest rally in 2018

Photograph of protestors taking part in the For Us and Our Children demonstration in Moscow on 28 October 2018, with the human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov standing at the...

PEN centre:Moscow Centre  (ПЭН-Москва)
Date:28/10/2018
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Demonstrators at the Embassy of Uzbekistan

Photograph of demonstrators in front of the Embassy of Uzbekistan, in Moscow. This demonstration, which took place on 2 April 2012, was organised by Russian photojournalist Victoria Ivleva, second...

PEN centre:Moscow Centre  (ПЭН-Москва)
Date:02/04/2012
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Demonstration for Oleg Sentsov

Photograph of Alexander Podrabinek, Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist, interviewing a participant during a demonstration held by the Moscow Centre on 21 August 2018 in Moscow. The...

PEN centre:Moscow Centre  (ПЭН-Москва)
Date:21/08/2018
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Demonstrator advocating for Oleg Sentsov

Photograph of a demonstrator speaking with a passerby during a demonstration held by the Moscow Centre, on 21 August 2018, in Moscow. The demonstrators were asking for the liberation...

PEN centre:Moscow Centre  (ПЭН-Москва)
Date:21/08/2018
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PEN Pregunta Video

Video of a public protest organised by the Mexican Centre titled PEN Pregunta, which was filmed by Linda Díaz at Casa Lamm in Mexico City on 22 February 2015....

PEN centre:Mexican Centre  (PEN México)
Date:22/02/2015
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Campaign for Faraj Sarkoohi

Photograph of PEN members campaigning for the liberation of Faraj Sarkoohi, honorary member and human rights commissioner of the German Centre. Among them are: Eugene Schoulgin, second on the...

PEN centre:Iranian Centre in Exile  (انجمن قلم ایران در تبعید)
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Protests at San Carlos University

Photograph of Guatemalan Centre members at a protest that took place on 2 November 2017 in the auditorium of the School of Communication Sciences at the University of San...

PEN centre:Guatemalan Centre  (Centro PEN Guatemala)
Date:02/11/2017
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Resolution supporting Václav Havel

Resolution issued by the East German Centre (here referred to as PEN Zentrums DDR) in Berlin on 1 March 1989. In this resolution the Centre pledges its support and...

PEN centre:German Centre  (PEN-Zentrum Deutschland)
Date:01/03/1989
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Trump-Putin Summit protest

YouTube compilation of videos of a PEN event titled Writers for Freedom of Speech, which were filmed and produced by Reactor Films in Helsinki on 16 July 2018. This...

PEN centre:Finnish Centre  (Suomen PEN)
Date:16/07/2018
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Fifty Fatullayevs protest

Photograph of a protest group gathered opposite the Azerbaijan Embassy in London for a demonstration that was organised by the English Centre in collaboration with PEN International, Amnesty International...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:20/04/2011
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Free Politzeki protest for Pussy Riot

Photograph of a protest taking place outside the Russian Embassy in London in support of the members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot, who were arrested in...

PEN centre:English Centre  (English PEN)
Date:30/09/2012
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Ivan Herceg in Berlin

Photograph of the Croatian writer and actor Ivan Herceg holding a sign that reads "Kome ću se predatija, a kome ti? koliko ćemo mjesta ostaviti usebi jedni za druge...