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Fritt Ord invites the public to a discussion about and a preview screening of the documentary film “The Voice of Burma” by Turid Rogne at Uranienborgveien 2 in Oslo, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday 15 November 2011.

A year on from the 2010 Nobel Prize Ceremony, English PEN, the founding centre of the international association of writers, are delighted to present two documentaries on last year’s Peace and Literature Prize winners – Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo and Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa – both of whom have a long history of working with PEN.

To mark the inaugural International Day to End Impunity on 23 November, join Index on Censorship and Article 19 in demanding justice for journalists’ murdered in the line of duty.

To: Wednesday, 23. November 2011 Where: worldwide Host: Members of a global network the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX). More info: www.daytoendimpunity.org/

The United Nations Committee against Torture will review the Republic of Belarus on 11 November and 14 November 2011.

A unique performance evening to mark the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, in association with ice&fire theatre company.

A unique performance evening to mark the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, in association with ice&fire theatre company.

English PEN and the Free Burma VJ campaign will be holding a Poetry Protest outside the Burmese Embassy in London to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the many Burmese writers currently detained in violation of their right to free expression.

For ninety years, English PEN has been fighting for the freedom to write and the freedom to read at home and abroad.