Protest letters
PEN Norway supports writers, artists, journalists, publishers, editors and others who are imprisoned or subjected to persecution and harassment.
We protest against all forms of abuse of power, torture, harassment, threats and persecution against the person in question, and their families, by appealing to the authorities in the relevant country.
PEN Norway does not take a position on political issues, but ask the authorities to ensure that the person in question receives a fair verdict, legal assistance, medical supervision and family visits.
2021:
2020:
Vietnam: Pham Doan Trang
Honduras: Cesario Padilla
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iran: Narges Mohammadi
Cuba: Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces
Aserbajdsjan: Elchin Mammad
Myanmar: Saw Wai
Kina: Tashi Wangchuk
2019:
Iran: Narges Mohammadi
Iran: Nordic PEN statement on Nasrin Sotudeh
Azerbaijan: Rashad Ramazanov
Egypt: Ibrahim al-Husseini
2019: Tyrkia: Nedim Türfent
2018:
Egypt: Wael Abbas
Bangladesh: Shahidul Alam
Saudi Arabia: Marwan Almuraisy
Russia: Oleg Sentsov – Letter to President Putin
Russland: Oleg Sentsov
Israel: Dareen Tatour
Eritrea: Amanuel Asrat
China: Liu Xia
Kazakhstan: Aron Atabek
2017:
Iran: Nordic letter to President Rouhani – the arrest of Sedigeh Vasmagh
Ekvatorial-Guinea: Ramón Esono Ebalé
Egypt: Hesham Gaafar
Uzbekistan: Bobomurad Abdullaev
Ukraine: Narzullo Akhunjonov
Poland: Tomasz Piatek
Turkey: Hasip Yanlıç
Vietnam: Me Nam
China: Liu Xia
Uganda: Stella Nyanzi
Turkey: Oğuz Güven
Iran: Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand
Russia: Oleg Sentsov
Yemen: Yahya al-Jubaihi
Turkey: Deniz Yücel
Honduras: Jairo López
Iran: Keywan Karimi
Turkey: Sajjad Jahan Fard
Kyrgyzstan: Azimjon Askarov
Russia: Natalya Sharina
Azerbaijan: Rashad Ramazanov
China: Independent Chinese PEN Center
2016:
Iran: Keywan Karimi
Australia: Behrouz Boochani
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists
Tyrkia: Cemil Ugur
Iran: Concern for Narges Mohammadi
Egypt: Ahmed Naji
Honduras: Cesario Alejandro Félix Padilla Figueroa
Bahrain, Maytham Al-Salman
Mexico: Héctor de Mauleón
Norsk PENs kollega Erol Önderoglu fengslet i Istanbul
Iran: Mohammad Sadigh Kaboudvand
Iran: Narges Mohammadi
Egypt: Ahmed Naji
Thailand: Somyot Prueksakasemsuk
Peru: Rafael León Rodríguez
China: Gao Yu
Angola: Luanda Book Club
Turkey: Can Dündar og Erdem Gül
Turkey: Perihan Magden
Israel: Muhammed al-Qiq
Turkey: Can Dündar og Erdem Gül
Georgia: Irakli Kakabadze
Thailand: Andy Hall
China: Wang Lixiong
2015:
Turkey: Can Dündar og Erdem Gül
Honduras: Julio Ernesto Alvarado
Iran: Ekhtesari and Moosavi
Vietnam: Ta Phong Tan
Kazakhstan: Vladimir Kozlov
Iran: Mahvash Sabet
Saudi Arabia: Waleed el Doud Almekki Alhussain
Iran: Hossein Ronaghi Maleki
Iran: Mostafa Azizi
Saudi-Arabia: Raif Badawi
Iran: Jason Rezaian
Turkey: Can Dündar
Bangladesh: Ananta Bijoy Das
Bahrain: Abduljalil Al-Singace
Zimbabwe: Itai Dzamara
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi
Thailand: Patiwat Saraiyaem and Pornthip Munkong
Iran: Sepideh Jodeyri
Sudan: The Sudanese Writers Union
Belarus: Ihar Lohvinau
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi
Mexico: José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo & Mario Alberto Crespo Ayón
2014:
China/Hong Kong: Xu Xiao, Xue Ye etc.
Iran: Hossein Derakhshan
Iran: Saba Azarpeik
Kyrgyzstan: Azimjon Askarov
China: Gao Yu
Cameroon: Enoh Meyomesse
Iran: Mahvash Sabet
Paraguay: Nelson Aguilera
Azerbaijan: Khajida Ismayilova
Vietnam: Dang Xuan Dieu
Iran: Saba Azarpeik
Iran: Marzieh Rasouli
China: Yao Wentian
China: Gao Yu
2013:
Turkey: Fazil Say
Honduras: Dina Meza
China-Tibet: Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang
Russia: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
2012:
Ethiopia: Eskinder Nega
Philippines: Ericson Acosta
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh
Russia: Maria Alyokhina, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Ekaterina Samusevich
Iran: Nargess Mohammadi
Iran: Mohammad Soleimani Nia
2011:
Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja
Belarus: Ales Byalyatski
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh
Iraq: Hadi al-Mahdi
Syria: Najati Tayara
China: Ai Weiwei
Syria: Ali Abdullah
Turkey: Pinar Selek
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh
Yemen: Abdulaelah Haider Shaea
Belarus: Vladimir Neklyaev
Burundi: Jean-Claude Kavumbagu
Kuwait: Mohammed Abdulqader al-Jassem
Iran: Emadeddin Baghi
Armenia: Nikol Pashinyan
Belarus: PEN-members arrested
2010:
Iran: Nasrin Sotoudeh
Tunisia: Fahem Boukaddous
Syria: Tal Al-Mallouhi
China: Crackdown on dissidents
Turkey: Ragip Zarakolu
Iran: Hossein Derakhshan
Azerbaijan: Eynulla Fatullayev
Turkey: Ragip Zarakolu, Mehmet Güler
Kyrgyzstan: Ulugbek Abdusalamov
Cuba: Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Normando Hernández González and others
Cuba: José Miguel Martínez Hernández, Miguel Galván Gutiérrez
Bahrain: Abdul-Jalil Alsingace
Cameroon: Robert Mintya
Belarus: Vladimir Neklyayev
Syria: Raghdah Sa’id Hassan
Iran: 60 writer, journalists detained
Mauritania: Hanevy Ould Dehah
Sri Lanka: Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam
Azerbaijan: Eynulla Fatullayev
Turkey: Muharrem Erbey
2009:
Mexico: Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Ávila
The Gambia: Six journalists
Russia: Natasha Estemirova
Iran: Maziar Bahari
Iran: Roxana Saberi
Iran: Omidreza Mirsayafi
Iran: Roxana Sabera
Peru: Melissa Patiño
Mexico: Lydia Cacho and Sanjuana Martínez Montemayor
Colombia: Patricia Ariza
Egypt: Mosaad Abu-Fajr – Mosaad Suleiman Hassan
2008:
Afghanistan: Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh
Thailand: Harry Nicolaides
Burma/Myanmar: Win Tin
Mexico: Jesús Lemus Barajas
Venezuela: Pierre Fould Gerges
Yemen: Abdel Karim Al-Khaiwani
Afghanistan: Sayed Parvez Kambakhsh
Mexico: No more impunity
Peru: Melisssa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza (2)
Peru: Melisssa Rocío Patiño Hinostroza
Turkey: Ragip Zarakolu
Cuba: Release of journalists and librarian
Iran: Yaghoub Ydali
Turkey: Article 301
India: Taslima Nasrin
Afghanistan: Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh
Iran: Emadeddin Baqi
2007:
Turkey: Ragip Zarakolu
China: Wang Dejia
China: Zhang Jianhong
Iran: Book censorship
Turkey: Arat Dink
Iran: Mohammad Sadiq Kabudvand
The Gambia: Fatou Jaw Manneh
Burma/Myanmar: Maung Thura (‘Zargana’)
Uzbekistan: Dzhamshid Karimov
Cuba: Normando Hernández González
Iran: Yaghoub Yadali
China: Dolma Kyab
Iran: Adnan Hassanpour
Iran: Kaveh Javanmard
Iran: Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh
Vietnamese writers
Palestine: Suleiman Abdul Rahim Al-Ashi
Azerbaijan: Eynulla Fatullayev
Azerbaijan: Rafiq Tagi and Samir Sadagatoglu
Uzbekistan: Dzamshid Karimov
Iran: Writers and women’s rights advocates
Eritrea: Fessehaye (Joshua) Yohannes
Egypt: Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman – follow up
Russia: Vladimir Chugunov
Iran/Kurdistan: Kaveh Javanmard
Bangladesh: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
Iran: Women writers
China: Zhang Jianhong
Iran: Ali Farahbakhsh
Egypt: Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman
Uzbekistan: Umida Niazova
Vietnam: Tran Khai Than Thuy
Ethiopia: Serkalem Fasil
Vietnam: Father Nguyen Van Ly
Tunisia: Mohammed Abbou
Philippines: Hernani Pastolero
Uzbekistan:Umida Niazova
China: Chinese writers denied entry to Hong Kong
Mexico: Rodolfo Rincón Taracena
Turkey: Hrant Dink
Iran: Kian Tajbakhsh
2007: Azerbaijan: Rafiq Tagi, Samir Sadagatoglu
2006:
Tunisia: Mohamad Abbou
Turkey: Elif Shafak
Niger: Mamane Abou, Oumarou Keita
China: Zhao Yan
Syria: Habib Saleh
China: Guo Qizhen
Iran: Elham Afroutan
2005:
Tunisia/UN: Concern over WSIS
Nepal: General concern
Belarus: General concern
Tunisia: M. Abbou, H. Jebali etc.
Iran: Akbar Ganji
