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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            UGANDA: Immediately and unconditionally release novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            UGANDA: Immediately and unconditionally release novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Egypt: retaliatory verdicts following an unjust ‘emergency’ trial must be quashed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Statement, Imprisoned, Writer, Free Speech, Detention PEN International 20/12/2021 2021, Statement, Imprisoned, Writer, Free Speech, Detention PEN International 20/12/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Egypt: retaliatory verdicts following an unjust ‘emergency’ trial must be quashed

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Vietnam: crackdown on critical expression continues as Pham Doan Trang sentenced to nine years in prison
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Statement PEN International 14/12/2021 2021, Statement PEN International 14/12/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Vietnam: crackdown on critical expression continues as Pham Doan Trang sentenced to nine years in prison

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Artists from around the world send this message to the Cuban government: LET CUBAN ARTISTS LIVE AND WORK FREELY
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Open Letter, 2021, Imprisoned, Detention, Arrest PEN International 08/12/2021 Open Letter, 2021, Imprisoned, Detention, Arrest PEN International 08/12/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Artists from around the world send this message to the Cuban government: LET CUBAN ARTISTS LIVE AND WORK FREELY

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cuba: International organizations call for immediate release of Latin Grammy-winning musician Maykel Osorbo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Joint Statement PEN International 03/12/2021 2021, Joint Statement PEN International 03/12/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Cuba: International organizations call for immediate release of Latin Grammy-winning musician Maykel Osorbo

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Belarus: Philosopher Uladzimir Mackievič held in pre-trial detention
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Statement PEN International 02/12/2021 2021, Statement PEN International 02/12/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Belarus: Philosopher Uladzimir Mackievič held in pre-trial detention

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Belarus: Free writer and human rights defender Ales Bialiatski
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Statement PEN International 26/11/2021 2021, Statement PEN International 26/11/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Belarus: Free writer and human rights defender Ales Bialiatski

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Afghanistan: Taliban’s new media regulations are the latest effort to silence women, stifling free expression in country
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Statement PEN International 23/11/2021 2021, Statement PEN International 23/11/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Afghanistan: Taliban’s new media regulations are the latest effort to silence women, stifling free expression in country

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Iran: Prominent writer Narges Mohammadi is at risk of flogging and retaliatory imprisonment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            2021, Women, Statement PEN International 18/11/2021 2021, Women, Statement PEN International 18/11/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Iran: Prominent writer Narges Mohammadi is at risk of flogging and retaliatory imprisonment

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Belarus, Nicaragua, Eritrea, 2021 PEN International 17/11/2021 Belarus, Nicaragua, Eritrea, 2021 PEN International 17/11/2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Online Event: Freedom of Expression: Repression and Resolve in Belarus, Nicaragua, and Eritrea

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