by Blick | Oct 2, 2022 | News
Mahsa (Zhina) Amini was a 22- year-old Kurdish Iranian woman whose death in custody following her arrest by Iran’s “morality police” has sparked continuing mass protests across Iran. Mahsa was arrested on September 13 in Tehran for allegedly not following the...
by Blick | Sep 29, 2022 | News
“Allah is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed Bhagwan” – Sami Shah, by way of Friedrich Nietzsche. It should be safe for me to write that. It’s just words after all. At best, it’s a bit of harmless satire, remixing the words of a great philosopher to challenge...
by Blick | Sep 17, 2022 | News
On Wednesday 31 August 2022 the Iranian Writers Association (IWA) announced in a statement that Arash Ganji was being transferred to Rajaei-Shahr Prison under a fabricated accusation. Arash Ganji is a writer and member of IWA, which advocates for freedom of expression...
by Blick | Aug 20, 2022 | News
Creative Commons licenced image – author CK The assassination attempt on Salman Rushdie is an attack on freedom of expression. In it there is a warning and a lesson! PEN Centres in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth strongly and unreservedly condemn the attempt to kill...
by Blick | Jul 14, 2022 | News
In this moving ceremony Frank’s brother Arthur joined by many of his personal and professional friends paid tribute to his originality, creativity and deep commitment to social justice, including authors’ rights, and to his deep sense of fun. Frank was a...
by Blick | Jul 10, 2022 | News
Dear friends and comrades in Kurdish PEN, Please accept our warmest greetings from PEN Sydney. We would like to extend our congratulations for your conference and wish you success and great policies and plans for the years ahead. It is disturbing to hear that you are...
