PEN International Annual Review 2011

Annual Review 2011

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PEN INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL REVIEW 2011

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PEN Charter

1. 4.Literature knows no frontiers and must remain common currency among people in spite of political or international upheavals.

2. In all circumstances, and particularly in time of war, works of art, the patrimony of humanity at large, should be left untouched by national or political passion.

3.Members of PEN should at all times use what influence they have in favour of good understanding and mutual respect between nations; they pledge themselves to do their utmost to dispel race, class and national hatreds, and to champion the ideal of one humanity living in peace in one world.

PEN stands for the principle of unhampered transmission of thought within each nation and between all nations, and members pledge themselves to oppose any form of suppression of freedom of expression in the country and community to which they belong, as well as throughout the world wherever this is possible. PEN declares for a free press and opposes arbitrary censorship in time of peace. It believes that the necessary advance of the world towards a more highly organised political and economic order renders a free criticism of governments, administrations and institutions imperative. And since freedom implies voluntary restraint, members pledge themselves to oppose such evils of a free press as mendacious publication, deliberate falsehood and distortion of facts for political and personal ends

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CONTENTS2011 at a Glance 10Chapter 1: FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION 11PEN International Writers in Prison Committee 12PEN International Case List 12PEN International’s Work on Behalf of Writers at Risk IN FOCUS:Eritrea, Bahrain ` 13Tunisia 14Mexico, Cuba 15China, Burma 16Vietnam 17Belarus, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey 18Campaign Actions 19Day of the Dead 20PEN International/Oxfam Novib Award 20Chapter 2: FREEDOM TO ENGAGE 21International Programmes 22International Programmes-Key Achievements 23Chapter 3: FREEDOM OF EXCHANGE 24Free the Word! 25PEN International Writers for Peace Committee 27The PEN International Women Writers’ Committee 28PEN International’s Annual Congress 29Chapter 4: FREEDOM OF LANGUAGE 30PEN International Committee of Translations & Linguistic Rights 31

PEN International’s New Voices A Message from PEN International’s Executive Director 33Financial Figures 34Acknowledgements 352011 Funders of PEN International 37PEN International network of centres 36Contact 40

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This is our 90th year – a reminder that we

invented much of what is now called the civil

society method. But a reminder also that for

almost a century we have been rigorously and

energetically reinventing, again and again, how

to serve literature and free expression.

90 years is something to celebrate. And we are

doing that. But the celebration comes partly

in the form of becoming stronger and more

original in the ways we carry our arguments

into the public place. Central to this originality

is how we are arguing and working both from

the international point of view – with our

almost 150 centres on every continent – but

also from a regional point of view. The PEN

Africa Network, for example, took another step

this year in becoming a strong presence on the

continent.

Perhaps the great symbolic act of 2011 took

place at the Belgrade Congress. Not only had

all the Balkan Centres united to support and

participate in this Congress. But they also

created the Balkan Network. And that was a

reminder that we – writers, publishers, people

of the word – rise above politics and are united

by the principles of our Charter. The work of

the Balkan Network will be a constant reminder

of the key role this region has often played in

the work of PEN. Just as we are still marked

by the complex but real decision of PEN to stand

up to fascism at the Dubrovnik Conference in

1933, so in this dangerous era of rising populism

we will be marked by the example of the new

Balkan Network.

This is also a time to thank Sara Whyatt and

Frank Geary, who played such a valuable role as

interim Co-Executive Directors, while carrying

on their fulltime jobs.

John Ralston Saul, International President

And this is the time to welcome Laura

McVeigh, our new Executive Director, who

comes with great management experience

in the complex of international membership-

based organizations. She also comes with

strong experience in public affairs.

In this 90th year, we stabilized, clarified,

and began expanding our finances. We

began building our own community into our

programming and financing in new ways,

such as the PEN International Publishers

Circle. We began putting in place a whole

new approach to communications with our

members and with the world. You will get

a small hint of this from our new website.

In other words, here we are, the senior

member of the civil society community

engaged with the freshness and energy of

the constantly reborn, which is the way of

the people of the word.

PEN’s 90th Year

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Hori Takeaki, International Secretary

In the future, historians may look back on 2011

as the turning point of modern civilization. We

have witnessed democratization processes

in Arab and African countries; demonstration

and protest in New York organized by people

under the banner ‘Occupy Wall Street’; riots

by disenfranchised youth in England; the

meltdown of nuclear power stations after the

tsunami in Japan; the sharp increase in killings

of journalists and bloggers across Mexico –

these are just a few of the dramatic social and

environmental changes that we have faced.

Such events must surely alter our perception

of, and hopes for, social values and justice in the

coming times.

PEN International has not been free from the

impact of such change; it has done its utmost

keep up with these transitions in order to

strengthen its vision, direction and mission.

This year PEN International concentrated on

ensuring the diversification and stabilisation

of its fundraising capacities. Changes were

also seen in its administration, staffing, and

leadership structure in London: in August we

were pleased to welcome Laura McVeigh as the

organization’s new Executive Director.

Financial stability led to a redesign and

rebranding of PEN International’s website,

which has already become the most effective

media tool for developing and enriching

connections throughout PEN Centres and across

the worldwide membership.

Over the year ahead I look forward to seeing

how PEN International continues its work

protecting freedom of expression, whilst

adapting to, and making adjustments for,

technological innovation and change in such

fields as social media.

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• Campaigning support on over 800 individual cases of writers in prison or at risk and visits to China and Bahrain

• United Nations Universal Periodic Review submissions on Syria, South Africa, Bahrain and Thailand

• PEN International’s Girona Manifesto for Linguistic Rights was approved by the PEN General Assembly

• PEN International launched its Publishers Circle, comprising of publishers from around the world who support the promotion of publishers, writers and translators worldwide

• A vibrant Day of the Dead Campaign highlighting impunity in which dozens of PEN centres participated worldwide

• 6831 children and young people participating in ongoing education, library and community access programmes in Africa

• 1115 school pupils and university students and 69 teachers participating in an ongoing regional human rights education project in Central Asia

• 531 children and 802 teachers and educators participating in education, library and community access programmes in the Asia Pacific region

• Growth of network activity including the creation of a PEN International Balkan Network and the strengthening of the PEN International Africa Network and of the PEN International Ural-Altay Network

• Deeper focus on the work of PEN International Writers for Peace Committee and the PEN International Translation & Linguistic Rights Committee within global programme development

• Six Free the Word! festivals and events programmes

• Welcomed a new PEN Centre – Occitan PEN Centre

• Working closely with the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) advising on applicants and with the PEN Emergency Fund directly supporting writers at risk

• A new website www.pen-international.org focused on better communications, information sharing and showcasing member activity

• Concerted social media activity – with new Twitter and Facebook strategies which have resulted in growing site traffic and referrals

• New focus on press office activity which has resulted in significantly increased media coverage globally

• Development of a stronger funding base building on our existing funding relationships

• Establishment of new funding and partnership models including the Publishers Circle and Writers Circle

2011 AT A GLANCE

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Chapter 1 : FREEDOM OF LANGUAGE

A Chamoru poet has called our language our umbilical cord - to lose our language is to be severed from our identity.

Craig Santos Perez (Guam)”“

Cover Fleeting Words. Anthology

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PEN International Committee of Translation & Linguistic Rights

In 2011 the committee put forward the Girona Manifesto at the 77th Assembly of Delegates. This key document outlines a framework for the protection of linguistic diversity and is being used as a campaigning tool. The Manifesto declares PEN International’s ten central and guiding principles on linguistic rights. The Committee meets annually with over 20 PEN Centres attending each year.

In 2011, PEN International worked with IFEX, Index on Censorship and PEN Tunisia to develop a Free Expression Anthology in Arabic, to honour the writers, activists and photographers who contributed to the struggle for free expression in Tunisia. Fleeting Words: An Anthology of Revolution, which will be launched in Arabic, French and English in 2012, brings together journalistic articles, commentaries, prose and verse in Arabic written both during the Ben Ali regime and since its fall, and is illustrated with images of the revolution.

The document has been translated into dozens of languages by PEN members worldwide; all the available translations can be accessed at http://www.pen-international.org/who-we-are/translation-linguistic-rights/girona-manifesto

Tunisia Free Expression Anthology

1. Linguistic diversity is a world heritage that must be valued and protected.

2. Respect for all languages and cultures is fundamental to the process of constructing and maintaining dialogue and peace in the world.

3. All individuals learn to speak in the heart of a community that gives them life, language, culture and identity.

4. Different languages and different ways of speaking are not only means of communication; they are also the milieu in which humans grow and cultures are built.

5. Every linguistic community has the right for its language to be used as an official language in its territory.

6. School instruction must contribute to the prestige of the language spoken by the linguistic community of the territory.

7. It is desirable for citizens to have a general knowledge of various languages, because it favours empathy and intellectual openness, and contributes to a deeper knowledge of one’s own tongue.

8. The translation of texts, especially the great works of various cultures, represents a very important element in the necessary process of greater understanding and respect among human beings.

9. The media is a privileged loudspeaker for making linguistic diversity work and for competently and rigorously increasing its prestige.

10. The right to use and protect one’s own language must be recognized by the United Nations as one of the fundamental human rights

The Girona Manifesto

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Spoken Word artist Kosal Khiev speaks to student at Free the Word!

Before PEN International was established, its founder, Catharine Amy Dawson Scott, set up the Tomorrow Club as a space for aspiring writers to network with more established

writers. In 1928, Herman Ould, International Secretary, felt strongly that it was important for PEN to maintain focus on helping emerging writers, and so established a “Young PEN” chapter.

In the twenty-first century, what better way to honour the vision of PEN’s founder C.A. Dawson Scott than by not only reviving her mission to engage and support an increasingly diverse range of emerging writers but also to engage young people around the world in literature and reading.

Over the next year PEN International will work with PEN Centres around the world to develop PEN New Voices and connect young people around the world to share literature.

PEN International’s New Voices

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Chapter 2 : FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION

PEN brought into my cell snowflakes and children singing carols, birds of a thousand and one colours with their happy trills of hope. The world appeared in the underworld of the prison. Even the daily damp seemed to do less damage, and even the mould on the walls seemed beautiful to me. It was as if freedom, that miracle, was staying in my cell.

Ricardo González Alfonso, Cuba”

“Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, Oslo, 2010. Liu Xiaobo was unable to receive the prize in person due to serving an 11 year jail sentence in north-east China.

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PEN International Writers in Prison Committee

PEN International Case list

This year has been a period full of energy and creativity for PEN International Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) in its approach to tackling the problems of attacks against writers across the globe. Some of the highlights include:

• Collaboration with PEN members in Tunisia and with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) during the “Jasmine Revolution” that led to release of all prisoners and free expression reform. We also began work on an anthology of free expression writing in Tunisia.

• Global conference of national Writers in Prison Committees held in Brussels.

• Successful and creative campaign in Mexico around 2nd November Day of the Dead to draw attention to impunity and the killing of journalists.

• Missions to China and Bahrain.

• Submissions and advocacy for the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Syria, Thailand, South Africa and Bahrain.

The PEN WiPC Case List is a central tool for all our work, serving as a central repository of information on all recorded attacks against writers and journalists world wide. It enables us to monitor trends, to have summaries of key cases that also lead us to fuller, detailed information from our own sources, which range from non-governmental organisations, press reports and, most importantly, our own members.

In 2011, over 800 writers’ cases were supported. The Case List can be downloaded from www.pen-international.org

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PEN INTERNATIONAL’S WORK ON BEHALF OF WRITERS AT RISK

Eritrea : 2011 saw the 10th anniversary of Eritrea’s crackdown on its independent media in September 2001. Five journalists and 11 politicians have been detained incommunicado without charge or trial for their writings since 2001, and at least six other writers detained at a later stage. Rumours of further deaths in custody, of at least one of the journalists and nine of the politicians, remain unconfirmed. Practically the only thing that is known for certain, is that prison conditions are appalling, with a number of detainees said to be held in metal containers or underground cells in the desert. International campaign pressure

Bahrain : Anti-government protests led by Bahrain’s majority Shia community have been underway since mid-February 2011. The Bahraini government declared a State of Emergency on 15 March 2011 and brought in troops from neighbouring Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia, to help suppress dissent. The State of Emergency was lifted on 3 June 2011, but many of the detainees arrested under that law are still in detention. They include academic and human rights activist Dr Abdul-Jalil Alsingace, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on 22 June 2011 for his peaceful opposition activities.

Africa and Middle East: Regional Context and WiPC Activity

continues to centre largely around Setit co-owner and writer Dawit Isaac, who holds Swedish citizenship. In September, PEN Centres joined their Swedish colleagues in staging events protesting his continued detention, notably at the Gothenburg Book Fair where Nobel Laureates Herta Müller and Mario Vargas Llosa, alongside PEN International President John Ralston Saul, joined calls for his release.

He is among 21 activists convicted of ‘plotting to overthrow the government’ after a violent crackdown on peaceful opposition protestors in the capital, Manama.

In late November 2011, the chair of the PEN International Writers in Prison Committee, Marian Botsford Fraser, visited Bahrain and our work for 2012 will continue to focus on Bahrain and the region.

Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaac, who remains imprisoned, incommunicado and without charge ten years after his arrest on 23 September 2001.

Dr. Fatima Al-Balooshi, Minister for Human Rights and Social Development, with PEN International Delegation in Bahrain. Photo by Adam Shapiro.

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Tunisia : Mass protests in Tunisia in late December and January brought an end to President Ben Ali’s repressive 23-year regime on 14 January and triggered a wave of revolts across the region. A few days later, all imprisoned writers were released as a part of a general amnesty for political prisoners, including a number of reporters and bloggers arrested during the disturbances, as well as journalist Fahem Boukaddous, who was serving a four year sentence for covering social protests in 2008. Many restrictions on the internet were lifted and writers and activists, including members of Tunisian PEN, were suddenly able to meet and speak to each freely in person and on the telephone for the first time in decades.

Despite these improvements, substantial challenges remain. A report on a mission to Tunisia undertaken by the PEN International WiPC in April 2011 in conjunction with the International Freedom of Expression Exchange’s Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG) revealed a number of issues that urgently need to be addressed. The lingering effects of the former regime are having a negative impact on the transition process across many areas of society, in particular the media. PEN International’s mission to Tunisia was followed by a visit by its President John Ralston Saul in early September 2011.

There has been a disturbing resurgence in attacks on independent journalists by the authorities. In May 2011, some 20 reporters were assaulted by police while covering demonstrations in the capital Tunis. On 15 July, four journalists were attacked by police in front of the Prime Minister’s palace, despite being clearly identified as members of the press. Moreover, police commissioner Samir Feriani has been detained since May for whistle-blowing letters and articles.

PEN International delegate and IFEX members meet the Tunisian Prime Minister in April 2011.

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Mexico : Violence against journalists in Mexico remains relentless. In 2010, nine print journalists were murdered and three disappeared, and in 2011 the murders continue. Recent victims have included poet and activist Susana Chávez, murdered in Ciudad Juárez in January, whose case was highlighted in the PEN International WiPC’s International Women’s Day action in March, and Notiver columnist Miguel Ángel López Velasco, who was shot dead along with his wife and son in Veracruz state in July. As ever, the State authorities are quick to blame organised crime and to dismiss the victims’ professions as a possible motive, while their investigations into these crimes typically go nowhere. The federal government’s response, meanwhile, continues to be to express deep concern to the international community while introducing toothless reforms which ensure that nothing ever changes.

Americas: Regional Context and WiPC Activity

These and other issues were highlighted in a June 2011 report by PEN Canada and the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program, entitled Corruption, Impunity, Silence: The War on Mexico’s Journalists (also available in Spanish) and in articles by John Ralston Saul, President of PEN International. The PEN International WiPC held a special campaign around Day of the Dead on 2 November to raise further awareness of the plight of Mexico’s journalists.The Issue of ImpunityDeadly violence against journalists was sadly not confined this region. Six print journalists and bloggers have been killed in Brazil since October 2010, while there have also been isolated murders in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Venezuela. With the exception of some cases in Brazil and Venezuela, official investigations tend to stall, leaving the murderers unpunished.

Day of the Dead Campaign Logo

Cuba – Release of Writers : On a more positive note, after many years there are finally no more writers in prison in Cuba. The last of the detainees was released in April 2011, as a result of a July 2010 deal brokered by the Catholic Church and the Spanish foreign ministry, which saw a total of 22 writers and independent journalists and librarians freed, among other

political prisoners. All but one had been imprisoned since a government crackdown in March 2003. However, freedom has come at a high price. The majority of the writers were forced into exile to Spain as a precondition of their release, and none has had their prison sentences lifted.

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China : Writers and journalists in China continue to be censored, harassed, and imprisoned in large numbers throughout the country. Since February 2011, police have stepped up their harassment of human rights defenders and activists, apparently in response to calls for ‘Jasmine Revolution’ protests. Many have been briefly detained, harassed, summoned or place under house arrest, including

Asia Pacific: Regional Context and WiPC Activity

writer Ran Yunfei and prominent lawyer Teng Biao, both members of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre. Both have subsequently been released but remain under heavy surveillance.

PEN International notes the increasingly widespread use of extra-judicial or ‘soft’ detention, in which government critics are subject to arbitrary arrest without charge, abduction, assault and intimidation. Of

Tibetan writer and editor Tashi Rabten, sentenced to four years in prison on 2 June 2011 for his critical writings.

particular concern is the persecution of Liu Xia, wife of imprisoned dissident writer and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, who has been held incommunicado under strict house arrest at her home in Beijing since October 2010, denied any contact with the outside world. Prominent dissident writer and former President of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, Liu Xiaobo, was sentenced to eleven years in prison for subversion on 25 December 2009.

In the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang, Tashi Rabten, co-editor of the banned Tibetan-language literary magazine Shar Dungri (Eastern Snow Mountain), was sentenced to four years in prison on the second of July 2011. He was arrested on the sixth April 2010 and convicted of inciting separatism for a collection of political articles entitled Written in Blood on the March 2008 protests in Lhasa and surrounding regions. Three other writers are currently in jail for articles published in the Shar Dungri journal.

Burma : Throughout 2011, unprecedented political reform in the country led to the release of thousands of political prisoners, including the majority of PEN’s main cases. Comedian and poet Zarganar was among the first to be freed as part of a widespread general amnesty which started on 10 October 2011. He and many other dissident writers and activists arrested in a major crackdown in early September 2007, had been serving harsh sentences. International pressure undoubtedly contributed to their release. On 21 October 2011, English PEN hosted an event of poetry readings to celebrate their achievement. Zarganar is an honorary member of English, German, Canadian, Swiss-Italian, Sydney, American, Scottish and Danish PEN.

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Zarganar : Zarganar is Burma’s leading comedian, popular for his political satires. Zarganar spent several years in prison in the early 1990s for his opposition activities, and was taken up as a main case by the PEN International WiPC. Zarganar was first arrested in October 1988 after making fun of the government, but freed six months later. However, on 19 May 1990, he impersonated General Saw Maung, former head of the military government, to a crowd of thousands at the Yankin Teacher’s Training College Stadium in Rangoon. He was arrested shortly afterwards, and sentenced to five years in prison. He was held in solitary confinement in a tiny cell in Rangoon’s Insein Prison, where

Vietnam : The pattern of harassment and arrest in Vietnam of independent journalists, human rights activists, cyber dissidents, religious freedom advocates and farmers protesting confiscation of their land continues. There are at least 19 dissident writers currently detained in Vietnam. They include editor and Catholic priest Father Nguyen Van Ly, who arrested in 2007 for ‘Conducting propaganda against the State’. He was conditionally released on medical grounds in March 2010, but returned to prison in July 2011 to complete his prison term.

Case study: Zarganar

he began writing poetry. One of his prison poems was published in the PEN International anthology This Prison Where I Live.

After his release from prison in March 1994, Zarganar was banned from performing in public, but continued to make tapes and videos which were strictly censored by the authorities. In May 1996, after speaking out against censorship to a foreign journalist, he was banned from performing his work altogether, and stripped of his freedom to write and publish. After leading a private relief effort to deliver aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar, Zarganar was arrested at his home in Yangon and sentenced to 59 years in prison, later reduced to

Burmese comedian, poet and activist Zarganar at PEN International Free the Word! event.

35, for his outspoken criticism of the government’s slow response to the cyclone and his opposition activities. The PEN International Writers in Prison Committee worked together through its membership, campaigning for Zarganar’s release. On 12 October 2011, he was released as part of a widespread amnesty and continues to engage with PEN’s work.

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Belarus : In December, PEN members in Belarus were at the forefront of protests against the arrest of 600 people for public disorder charges. Former Belarus PEN president, writer and opposition candidate, Vladimir Nikolaev, was severely beaten by police before taken into custody. He was held for five months, then freed with a two year suspended sentence. At the PEN International WiPC conference in Brussels in April, the Belarus PEN representative gave a moving report on the problems facing dissidents and their continued determined response, including the use of Nikolaev’s poetry.

Azerbaijan : Azerbaijan has long been of highest concern to PEN, with writers being persistently imprisoned and targeted. This year the good news is that there are now no longer any main cases detained. The release of Eynullah Fatullayev, under an amnesty for political prisoners in May this year, was particularly welcome. He was serving accumulated sentences of over eight years for defamation, tax evasion, incitement, and even drugs possession in prison, all clearly in retaliation for his human rights commentary. A PEN representative gave a moving report on the problems facing dissidents and their continued determined response, including the use of Nikolaev poetry.

Europe and Central Asia: Regional Context and WiPC Activity

Russia : In April, two people linked to ultra-nationalist groups were convicted for the double murder of journalist Anastasia Baburova and lawyer/writer Anatoly Markelov in January 2009. Three months later, in August, investigators into the 2006 assassination of journalist Anna Politkovskaya announced the arrest of a former high ranking police officer for her murder and suggested they were close to disclosing details of others who had ordered her death. On 7 October, the 5th anniversary of her murder, PEN International launched a renewed appeal to the Russian authorities to end the impunity of those responsible. Catalan PEN, Uyghur PEN, Finnish PEN, American PEN Centre and English PEN were highly active in organising publicity and events surrounding the anniversary.

Turkey : Turkey remains among the countries with the longest entries in the PEN International Caselist, as journalists and writers continue to be prosecuted for their writings. At present, PEN International has numerous writers and journalists on its records imprisoned under anti-terror laws, 6 of which are main cases. Over 70 others are recorded as being on trial, and many of these have been placed under pre-trial detention for months, often even years. In late October, PEN members were shocked by the arrest of long-time human rights activist and publisher, Ragip Zarakolu, who faces lengthy imprisonment under anti-terror legislation. The rising number of writers, academics and journalists being arrested under anti-terror laws is serious cause for concern, and Turkey is one of our priority countries for action.

Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered in 2006

A Postcard from Turkish human rights activist and publisher, Ragip Zarakolu

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This year’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer was used to commemorate the 33 writers and journalists killed since 15 November 2010. Focus was placed on a number of specific cases representative of threats and attacks faced by our colleagues:

Reeyot Alemu (Ethiopia): political columnist who has been held incommunicado and without charge since her arrest on 21 June 2011. Ms Alemu is believed to be detained under Ethiopia’s 2009 anti-terrorism law.

Susana Chavez (Mexico): poet and human rights activist who was murdered on 6 January 2011 in an attack many have claimed was the result of her writing and activism.

Tashi Rabten (Tibet): poet and essayist, convicted of inciting separatism for a collection of political articles he wrote concerning the suppression of the March 2008 protests in Lhasa.

Campaign Actions

15 November 2011 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Rapid Action Alerts

Writers in Prison Committee Conference

Abdul-Jalil Al-Singace (Bahrain): activist and online blogger who has been sentenced to life imprisonment for publicising the deteriorating human rights situation in his home country.

Nadim Sener and Ahmet Shik (Turkey): journalists who have been detained for writing books and articles disclosing police and other high level links to individuals arrested in the Ergenekon case under which over 200 people are accused of being involved in coup plots. Both writers have since been released.

Rapid Action Network alerts (RANs) are issued on critical cases such as arrests of prominent figures, fears of ill treatment, death threats and killings. These alerts are sent via email distribution lists, Facebook, Twitter and the PEN website to the global PEN membership. Recipients also include other NGOs, press, UN, EU and other interested bodies. All alerts request immediate action including appeals to governments and embassies. RANs are the most highly profiled of PEN tools, enabling rapid response, comment and action at the most critical points. RANs are often the start of longer term advocacy in cases of lengthy imprisonment, persistent harassment or, in cases

of murders, securing justice. For the first six months of 2011, we issued 64 alerts and updates in 31 countries, indicating that we may see an increase in output by the end of 2011. Of the 96 individuals at risk referred to in these alerts, 42% were freed, a similar positive outcome to the whole of last year, notably remaining prisoners in Cuba, and others who had been arrested in Belarus and Tunisia.

Between 24th-27th March 2011, the WiPC was in Brussels for its 9th conference attended by 75 delegates from 40 centres. The conference was hosted by PEN Flanders, in association with the biennial literary festival Passaporta. We heard six Frontline Reports, from Deo Namujimba, in exile from the Congo, Parwez Kambakhsh, in exile from Afghanistan, Naziha Rejiba from Tunisia, Arthur Gakwandi from Uganda, Andrej Khadanovich from Belarus, and Heng Sreang, from the new PEN Centre in Cambodia. Heidi Hautala, Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, also spoke to the meeting.

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Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to practice journalism. In the last five years, 36 print journalists, writers and bloggers have been murdered in connection with their work, and eight have disappeared. Most of the dead were involved in reporting on corruption and organised crime. The vast majority of these killings, some of them ritualised strangulations and decapitations intended to send a message of silence, have never been properly investigated. Most of the perpetrators remain unpunished.

On 2 November 2011, on the day when Mexicans traditionally remember

In January 2011, the Russian film-director, writer and journalist, Andrei Nekrasov was awareded the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award during the Writers Unlimited Festival at the Hague. Nekrasov received the award from human rights ambassador Lionel Veer for his work on human rights and freedom of expression in today’s Russia.

Campaign Actions

Day of the Dead Campaign, November 2011

PEN International/Oxfam Novib Award 2011

their departed loved ones, PEN International launched its global Day of the Dead campaign. The aims of the campaign were to commemorate our fallen Mexican colleagues and call on the Mexican authorities to bring justice to those responsible for the killings and end the climate of impunity. PEN centres around the world built altars in memory of the dead and organised events promoting the aims of the campaign. PEN International participated in a joint action with English PEN outside the Mexican Embassy in London to highlight the campaign.

PEN members and others outside the Mexican Embassy in London. The skull image is inspired by traditional Mexican Day of the Dead iconography and the PEN International campaign logo. Photo by Stephen Brayne.

Russian filmmaker Andrei Nekrasov, winner of the 2011 Oxfam Novib Award, PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression

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Chapter 2 : FREEDOM TO ENGAGE

Where free speech is chilled, where access to information, ideas and literature is severely restricted the very fabric of life is impoverished. […] Keeping the terrain of expression free is a continual challenge and one that hardly affects writers alone.

Lisa Appignanesi”“

Ghanaian PEN School Club

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Since 2007, PEN International has developed Regional Programmes in five world regions: Africa; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East; Asia Pacific; and Central Asia. We have grown from working with 15 Centres in 2007, to over 70 PEN Centres involved in five Regional Programmes in 2011. Half of all PEN Centres are now participating in the International Programmes.

• Programmes promoting the role of the writer in civil society, the role of reading and writing in accessing freedom of expression and empowering communities, and the role culture plays in development and human rights

• Building stronger connections and collaborations between PEN Centres worldwide

• Capacity building, strengthening PEN Centres as organisations and increasing the effectiveness of their activities

• Consolidation and development of existing Regional Programmes in Africa, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia Pacific and Central Asia

• Supporting the recently established Regional Programme activities in Asia and Pacific and providing training and capacity building for PEN Centres in this region

• Exploring cross-regional and intra-regional cooperation

• Developing the next phase of PEN International’s Centre development, civil society and freedom of expression work

• Building sustainability for PEN Centre programmes and Regional Programmes and for PEN International as a whole

• Six PEN Centres delivering ongoing education, library and community access programmes

• 18 PEN Centres involved in ongoing capacity building programmes

• 6831 children and young people participating in ongoing education, library and community access programmes

• PEN Centres delivered education, library and community access programmes

• PEN Centres involved in skills exchanges

• 13 PEN Centres involved in ongoing capacity building programmes

• 531 children participating in education, library and community access programmes

• 802 teachers and educators participating in new education, library and community access programmes

The Regional Programmes combine : In 2011, International Programmes activity has focused on :

Africa Regional Programme :

Asia Pacific Regional Programme

• Five PEN Centres engaged in capacity building and network building programmes

• Three PEN Centres involved in developing cross-regional education, library and community access programmes

• 1115 school pupils and university students and 69 teachers participating in an ongoing regional human rights education project

• 15 teachers participating in a human rights education training project

Central Asia

International Programmes in 2011

Diversity of Regional Programmes

As the number of participating regions has increased, it has been necessary to diversify the models used for PEN’s regional activity. Our work is now characterised by an increased flexibility, representation and responsiveness to the requirements of each region, ensuring the adaptability of PEN’s regional activity and increasing the skills base in both PEN Centres and PEN International.

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PEN Catala marks Mexico Day of the Dead

Meeting with South Korean PEN and North Korean Writers in Exile

PEN Guadalajara marks Mexico Day of the Dead 2011 as part of PEN Day of the Dead campaign

Students from Our Lady of Guadalupe Secondary School’s PEN Writing Club, in Lunsar, Sierra Leone

Nigeria PEN International Women’s Day 2012 - (left to right) Ify Omalicha Lola Shoneyin and Chinyere Okafor at IWD 2012 organised by PEN Nigeria Centre

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• Regional Programmes and activities are now active in five world regions, increasing the impact of our work and connecting the local to the international. The next phase of our activity will concentrate on harnessing our international activity to highlight the impact of our work at the level of international bodies, to influence and effect changes in policy and legislation at the international level.

• Increased development of Regional Networks, which are playing an increasingly active role in the PEN’s work internationally, and ensure exchange, learning and collaboration within regions. They also guarantee that PEN’s programmes are led by the grassroots membership in a diversity of countries and facilitate a sustainable base for PEN’s activity in all regions.

• Ensuring the sustainability of the Africa Regional Programme via new forms of partnership, including the Commonwealth Foundation supporting education programmes and impact assessment with Sierra Leone PEN. Staff from international law firm Clifford Chance also continue to mentor Zambia PEN, providing advice and access to resources for design, public relations and accounting support.

• Consolidation of Programme activities in Asia Pacific with focus on a peer learning approach. seven PEN Centres participated in a skills training workshop in Lahore, Pakistan, facilitating the sharing of expertise among PEN members. These activities have created a strong, self-sustaining and collaborative network of PEN Centres in the region.

• The growth of the Ural Altay Language Solidarity Network has created a new and sustainable model of activity to address the principal issue of isolation in the region, by creating a collaborative cultural and linguistic network across Japan, Korea, Central Asia, Turkey, Hungary and Finland. In 2011, the network delivered a human rights education programme involving 4 countries.

• In Latin America and the Caribbean the revival of PEN Haiti and PEN Brazil was illustrated by their contribution to planning for Programme and Network development in the region and their presence at the 2011 PEN Congress. PEN’s freedom of expression campaigning focus in Mexico has led to the involvement of the entire PEN International network in protesting the impunity enjoyed by those who commit crimes against journalists.

• In the Middle East, the PEN network’s quick response to changes in the Arab world has ensured that we continue to highlight cases of imprisonment and restrictions on freedom of expression in countries such as Bahrain. PEN Centres which have been both started and supported include Tunisian PEN and Egyptian PEN, who played significant roles in the changes occurring in their countries.

Key Achievements in 2011

Public Policy at the International Level

With increased activity worldwide, it is essential we concentrate on strengthening our voice at the international level. PEN International now has a strong presence in over 100 countries across the globe. The next phase of our activity will concentrate on harnessing this increase in scope to highlight the impact of our work on the level of international bodies, to advocate for changes in policy and legislation, and to ensure the overall impact of PEN’s work is understood in its global context.

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Haiti PEN Free the Word! festival- (from left) Lousi-Philippe Dalembert, Frantz Duval, Emmelie Prophete at Bibliotheque of Gonaives

Asia-Pacific skills share meeting, Lahore

PEN International’s Balkan Network Meeting

Teaching Philippine literature in workshop

Zambian PEN school project

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Chapter 3 : FREEDOM OF EXCHANGE

The joy of freely saying whatever we want to say is inextricably linked with human dignity.

Orhan Pamuk”“Shailja Patel at Free the Word!

Teaching Philippine literature in workshop

Zambian PEN school project

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Annual Review 2011 – Free the Word!

Since 2007 we have been working closely with PEN centres around the world to create an international network of Free the Word! literary events and festivals. Our Free the Word! series celebrates the best in contemporary writing from around the world; each festival is rooted in its local culture but is international in outlook. The aims of Free the Word! are:

• To bring writers together to share and explore ideas and experiences across cultures

• To open conversations about how literature can transform, influence and excite

• To facilitate the exchange of literature around the world, through translation and promotion of writing

• To introduce readers to established and emerging voices

• To create a platform for debate to encourage dialogue between readers and writers

Translating Power - Free the Word! London – 6-10 April 2011 :

Free the Word! London aimed to give the public an opportunity to ‘meet the great writers you know and the great writers you don’t’.

The theme of the festival, Translating Power, brought together writers and readers from around the world,

explored a number of questions related to literature and freedom of expression: How do literary writers speak truth to power? What can novels, plays and poems say about politics? Does censorship provoke new forms of creativity? And why is there so little contemporary British literature about political power?

In 2011 PEN Centres around the world were active in hosting Free the Word festivals.

PEN International, in collaboration with English PEN brought together figures such as Geoff Dyer, Alex Clark, Hisham Matar, Daniel Hahn, Elif Shafak, Gillian Slovo, John Ralston Saul, Dubravka Ugresic and many more.

Craig Santos Perez at Free the Word!

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Liberez les mots - Free the Word! Rabat – 7-8th April 2011 :

The Moroccan PEN Centre (Le Centre Marocain de PEN International) organized a series of international cultural events as part of the Free the Word! programme on 7th and 8th April 2011 at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Learning in Rabat, Morocco.

The festival brought together a host of international writers, including Jean Mettelus (Haiti), Luis Mizon (Chile) and Maureen Crisik (USA), as well a number of high-profile Moroccan writers, including Abderrahman Tenkoul, Abdelhay Moudden, Driss Ksikes, Abdelmajid Benjelloun and Youssouf Amine Elelamy. In all there were participants from Austria, Chile, Colombia, England, Estonia, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey, USA and Morocco.

During the two days of the festival the visiting writers discussed freedom of expression in their respective countries and the ways in which writers can be involved in the ongoing struggle to defend freedom of expression worldwide.

The participating writers were also involved in reading works from young emerging writers to introduce and promote their writing, and gave readings of their own work, which were presented in Arabic and French.

Free the Word! at Open Book Festival - Cape Town – 21-25 September 2011 :

South African PEN organised a series of events as part of the programme of the inaugural Open Book Festival in Cape Town’s East Precinct.

The Open Book Festival is an international literary festival which aimed to bring together 25 leading international writers, showcase the best South African writers to an international audience, and use this platform to “build a love of reading and books amongst the youth of greater Cape Town”.

Planning for the Future :

Throughout 2011 the PEN International Literary team have been working to further develop the Free the Word Series and evaluation meetings were held in Brussels, London and Istanbul.

This has led to PEN International developing a new partnership model for Free the Word! to work in collaboration with other festival organisers.

We are now working with PEN Centres to develop this model throughout 2012 to facilitate Free the Word! events with PEN centres across the PEN network.

Syl Cheney Coker at PEN International’s Free the Word! event

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The PEN International Writers for Peace Committee was established in 1984 as a response to the difficulties posed to cultural collaboration during the Cold War years, and to facilitate meetings of the representatives of nations where there were unresolved conflicts. Its key aim was to open doors to peaceful and intellectual cooperation during a period when many other doors were closed. During its early years, the Committee’s meetings in Bled provided a platform for democratic dialogue between writers from East and West, and, during the break-up of the former Yugoslavia, offered a platform for writers from these countries to exchange views and tell their stories. Today, the Committee continues to provide an open forum for literary dialogue and understanding. Writers from all over the world attend the annual Bled Conferences to discuss key issues of concern to the literary community. In May 2011 the Committee held its 43rd Conference, at which the key theme was “The image of the Stranger in Literature as a route to Peace”. In particular, the Committee reported on further development of four working groups on Peace in the Middle East, Minorities in China (Uyghur and Tibetan), Russia; and Democratization and Peace in Eastern Europe. The 2011 PEN International World Congress was also of historical importance for the Committee, as it took place in the Balkans, which only a few years ago were still ravaged by war, and saw the meeting of writers from nations previously in conflict. In addition to the meeting of Serbian and Kosovan writers, we were also able to welcome a meeting between Basques and other literary representatives from Spain, and a meeting between Kurds and Turks. Perhaps the most important thing was that for the second time, the World Congress was attended by writers from the Republic of China who talked with exiled Chinese writers. The Peace Committee gave its support to a statement regarding the protection of the Basque language and freedom of expression for Kurds in three different countries. PEN International’s President John Ralston Saul was in the attendance. Each year over 20 PEN Centres from the around the world attend the annual conference.

PEN International Writers for Peace Committee :

International Bled Conference

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The PEN International Women Writers’ Committee was set up in 1991 to promote issues faced by women writers around the world, such as unequal education, unequal access to resources and actual prohibition from writing. Through PEN Centres, as well as other organisations and networks, the Committee reaches out to both aspiring and practicing women writers, and works with the PEN International Writers in Prison Committee on behalf of incarcerated or endangered women writers. The Committee has held conferences in countries such as Nepal, Kyrgyzstan and Senegal, and has published a variety of newsletters. It uses social media to connect the work of women writers to the world, and crucially, representatives from the Committee attend meetings of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. In 2011, the Women Writers’ Committee continued with their work connecting voices and sharing skills, advice and knowledge, to support women writers’ from around the world on issues that affect their ability to practice their profession.

The PEN International Women Writers’ Committee

PEN International’s Women Writers’ Conference

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Congress :

The 77th PEN International Congress took place in Belgrade, Serbia with writers from over 80 countries attending. Delegates focused on the theme of ‘Literature – Language of the World’, looking at a wide range of issues including the role that literature plays in enabling and encouraging communication and cooperation across linguistic, cultural and geographic borders. A highlight of the Congress was the

establishment of the PEN International Balkan Network, with 13 PEN Centres coming together and stating their desire to establish collaborative ways of working together across the region. Another key outcome was the International Assembly of Delegates calling for a special committee to be established, to review the area of digital rights. The Digital Rights committee was subsequently established and has worked to create

a draft declaration on this topic, which will be shared at the 2012 Annual Congress in Korea. The Congress also provided the opportunity to discuss establishing greater collaborative working between the four Standing Committees of PEN International.

International Conference, Belgrade September 2011: Delegates listening to writers speak from the balcony of the National Theatre

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The PEN International Publishers Circle

The PEN International Publishers Circle is a group of publishers from around the world who support the promotion of freedom of expression, literature and intellectual collaboration between publishers, writers and translators worldwide. Its members are united in the belief that literature and freedom of expression are at the heart of a strong, open and vibrant society.

The current members of the PEN International Publishers Circle include: Hachette Livre, Penguin Group, Random House, Aschehoug Forlag, Albert Bonniers Forlag, Cappelen Damm, De Oberoende, Douglas & McIntyre, Grove Atlantic, HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins International, House of Anansi Press, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, KF Media AB, Natur & Kultur, Söderströms förlag.

For all the latest information on the PEN International Publishers Circle, please visit: http://www.pen-international.org/support-us/the-pen-publishers-circle/

Publishers Committed to PEN’s ideals:

“PEN’s efforts to promote free speech and protect free thinkers around the world are more than an honourable cause. It is an essential one, and putting our weight as a

global publishing company behind those efforts is a natural extension of our commitment to our authors, and one that was long overdue.”

Arnaud Nourry, CEO, Hachette Livre

“The right to freedom of expression, which we take for granted in the literary cultures in which most publishers work, remains in jeopardy in many countries that have both a literary heritage and a vibrant creative culture. Publishers, and writers, must play their part in extending that freedom where we can.”

John Makinson, CEO, Penguin Group

“As long-time supporters of and participants in the activities of the PEN American Center we are privileged to be given the opportunity to extend our relationship on a global level with PEN International through our commitment to the PEN International Publishers Circle. With PEN, and with and our fellow publishers, we will offer ever-greater affirmation and urgency for our authors’ freedom of expression worldwide.”

Markus Dohle, Chairman and CEO, Random House

The PEN International Office in London is currently developing a Writers Circle and a Readers’ Circle. Updates on these will be posted regularly on the PEN International website: http://www.pen-international.org/

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A message from PEN International’s Executive Director, Laura McVeigh

It has been an honour to join PEN International as Executive Director in this its 90th year of promoting literature and defending freedom of expression. A truly grassroots, member-led organisation with centres in over 100 countries, PEN International has a remarkable reach worldwide.

Focused on fostering the freedom to read and to write – whether through innovative schools clubs in Africa, established writers mentoring emerging writers, literacy programmes in Latin America, advocacy at the international level; creative writing workshops in prisons, Free the Word! Festivals, human rights schools in Central Asia; prestigious Awards programmes; or global campaigning to support writers at risk worldwide – PEN delivers social change through the promotion of literature and voice.

Through our international committees and networks, members – be they writers, journalists, editors, publishers, bloggers, screenwriters, poets, academics, translators – all bring together their creativity, talent and ideas to develop PEN’s work on key freedom of expression issues.

This year, while looking back over 90 incredible years of PEN’s history, we have also been looking forward and putting together our plans for the years ahead. We have focused on developing new models of working – for example, establishing greater connections between the programmes of our international committees and linking this activity to our overall global campaigning; enhancing our use of new technologies in strengthening our communications and PEN’s public profile; and looking closely at how to continue to engage emerging writers and young people in PEN International.

In the words of PEN International Vice President Margaret Atwood, ‘In a world where independent voices are increasingly stifled, PEN is not a luxury, it’s a necessity.’

With challenges to freedom of expression ever-present, PEN International’s role and global impact is crucial.

Without our members and our supporters PEN International’s work would be impossible. You make it happen.

Thank you.

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2011 FINANCIAL FIGURES

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSPEN International’s commitment to promotion of literature and fight for Freedom

of Expression would not be possible without the dedication and hard work of its

members, executive, board, staff, and volunteers. We are deeply grateful to all our

supporters. Thank you to:

Executive

John Ralston Saul – International President

Hori Takeaki – International Secretary

Eric Lax – Treasurer

Board

Sylvestre Clancier

Tarik Gunersel

Marketa Hejkalova

Philo Ikonya

Yang Lian

Haroon Siddiqui

Gil-Won Lee

Executive Director

Laura McVeigh

Committee Chairs

Marian Botsford Fraser – PEN International Writers in Prison

Kadija George – PEN International Women Writers

Edvard Kovac – PEN International Writers for Peace

Josep Marie Terricabras – PEN International Translation & Linguistic Rights

Staff

Sara Whyatt – Deputy Director & Programme Director Writers in Prison

Ghias Aljundi – Middle East Researcher & Development Officer

Patricia Diaz – Asia Pacific & Middle East Research Assistant

Cathy McCann – Asia Pacific & Middle East Campaigner, Researcher

Tamzin Mitchell – Africa & Americas Campaigner, Researcher

Cathal Sheerin – Africa & Americas Campaigner, Researcher

Frank Geary – Deputy Director & International Programmes Director

Paul Finegan – Centres & Committees Co-ordinator/Executive Assistant

Anthony Archer – Finance Manager

Sandrine Fameni – Finance & Administrative Assistant

Sahar Halaimzai – Communications & Campaigns Manager

Karis Eaglestone – Marketing Co-ordinator

Ruth Simister – Communications Officer

James Tennant – Literary Manager

Volunteers

Teju Adeleye

Emilia Griffin

Laura MacPhee

Ali Nihat

Katriina Lepänuuri

Chloe Wong

Alev Yaman

Ana Zarraga

PEN International would also like to thank all our funders and

donors without whom our work would not be possible.

Thank you to:

Commonwealth Foundation

European Commission

Fritt Ord Foundation

Gulbenkian Foundation

ICORN

Neil Kreitman Foundation

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NOVIB

OIF

Power Corporation

SIDA

Sigrid Rausing Trust

Savile & Co.

Swedish Culture Ministry

UNESCO

& to those who choose to remain anonymous.

PEN International’s Publishers Circle

Albert Bonniers Forlag, Aschehoug Forlag, Cappelen Damm, De

Oberoende, Douglas & McIntyre, Grove Atlantic, Gyldendal Norsk

Forlag, Hachette Livre, HarperCollins Canada, HarperCollins

International, House of Anansi Press, KF Media AB, Natur & Kultur,

Penguin Group, Random House, Söderströms förlag

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2011 FUNDERS OF PEN INTERNATIONAL

Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA)

The Sigrid Rausing Trust

*NB: says no funding on fundraising master excel sheet

Oxfam Novib

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) (31/12/2011)

ICORN (International cities of refuge network) (2010-2013)

Fritt Ord (31/12/2011)

Swedish Culture Ministry (31/12/2011)

*no logo

European Commission - Culture Programme (31/08/2011)

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ICORN (International cities of refuge network) (2010-2013)

Fritt Ord (31/12/2011)

Swedish Culture Ministry (31/12/2011)

*no logo

European Commission - Culture Programme (31/08/2011)

Bayan Tree Foundation (to 08-11 then reapply)

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (01/04/2011- ?)

Commonwealth Foundation (Congress 2011)

OIF (International Organisation of La Francophonie) (Congress 2011)

Power Cooperation of Canada *says none in excel sheet

Prince Claus Fund

PRO BONO

Clifford Chance

Temple Translations

Pentagram

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PEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF CENRES

Afar Speaking Centre Algerian Centre Cameroonian Centre Egyptian Centre Ethiopian Centre Ghanaian Centre Guinean Centre Ivory

Coast Centre Kenyan Centre Malawian Centre Moroccan Centre Nigerian Centre Pretoria Centre Senegal Centre Sierra Leone Centre

Somali-Speaking Centre South African Centre Tunisian Centre Ugandan Centre Zambian Centre Zimbabwe Centre Afghan Centre All India

Centre Bangladesh Centre Cambodian Centre Central Asia Chinese Centre Guangzhou Chinese Centre Hong Kong Centre Japanese Centre

Kazakhstan Centre Korean Centre Melbourne Centre Mongolian Centre Nepalese Centre New Zealand Centre Pakistani Centre Philippine

Centre Shanghai Centre Sydney Centre Tapei Chinese Centre Tatar Centre Thai Centre Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre Uyghur Centre

African Writers Abroad Centre Albanian Centre Armenian Centre Austrian Centre Basque Centre Belarusian Centre Belgian Centre

Bosnian-Herzegovina Centre Bulgarian Centre Catalan Centre Chechen Writers Centre Croatian Centre Cypriot Centre Czech Centre

Danish Centre English Centre Esperanto Centre Estonian Centre Finnish Centre French Centre Galician Centre Georgian Centre German

Centre German Speaking Writers Abroad Centre Hungarian Centre Hungarian Writers in Romania Centre Icelandic Centre Independent

Chinese Centre Iranian Centre in Exile Irish Centre Italian Centre Kosovan Centre Kurdish Centre Langue d’Oc Centre Latvian Centre

Liechtenstein Centre Lithuanian Centre Macedonian Centre Moldovan Centre Monegasque Centre Montenegrin Centre Netherlands Centre

Norwegian Centre Polish Centre Portuguese Centre Roma Centre Romanian Centre Russian Centre Sardinian Centre Scottish Centre

Serbian Centre Slovak Centre Slovene Centre Spanish Centre Suisse Romand Centre Swedish Centre Swiss German Centre Swiss

Italian and Reto-Romansh Centre Trieste Centre Turkey Centre Ukrainian Centre Writers from the former Yugoslavia Centre Writers

in Exile, German Centre Writers in Exile, London Centre Argentinian Centre Bolivian Centre Brazilian Centre Chilean Centre Colombian

Centre Guadalajaran Centre Guatemalan Centre Haiti Centre Jamaican Centre Mexican Centre Nicaraguan Centre Panamanian Centre

Paraguayan Centre Peruvian Centre Puerto Rican Centre Salta Centre San Miguel de Allende Centre Uruguayan Centre Venezuelan Centre

Bahrain Centre Iraq Centre Israeli Centre Jordanian Centre Palestinian Centre American Centre Canadian Centre Chinese Writers

Abroad Centre Cuban Writers in Exile Centre USA Centre Quebecois Centre Vietnamese Abroad Centre Writers in Exile, American Centre

For information on how to contact these centres visit PEN International’s website: www.pen-international.org

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PEN International Contacts

Executive Director: Laura McVeigh

Email: [email protected]

Frank Geary, Deputy Director, International Programmes Director

[email protected]

Sara Whyatt, Deputy Director, Programme Director Writers in Prison Committee

[email protected]

Anthony Archer, Finance Manager

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Sahar Halaimzai, Campaigns & Communications Manager

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James Tennant, Literary Manager

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Patricia Diaz, Research and Campaign Support

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Cathy McCann, Researcher: Asia/Middle East

[email protected]

Ghias Aljundi, Researcher and Development Officer: Middle East

[email protected]

Cathal Sheerin, Researcher: Africa/America

[email protected]

Paul Finegan, Centres & Committees Coordinator/Executive Assistant

[email protected]

Address:

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