PEN International, at its 81st Congress in Quebec City, is standing in solidarity with Indian writers, who are protesting against the silencing of independent voices by the killing of writers and artists
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World Writers in solidarity with Indian writers and artists - Statement by PEN at its 81st Congress
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Growing intolerance: A Letter to the President of India by Creative and Academic Community of West Bengal
16 October 2015As citizens of a democratic country, we are deeply concerned about the growing culture of murderous intolerance and the brazen assault on the fundamental right to life . . .
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India: Ghulam Ali’s forced absence is a blow to Mumbai’s capacious cultural space | S Gopalakrishnan
16 October 2015The unruly and unpredictable forms of collective violence that the Shiv Sena threatens against visiting artistes from Pakistan go against the very ethos of Mumbai and its cultural past.
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Afghanistan: Brief takeover of Kunduz leaves a trail of destruction
15 October 2015As they overran the city, the Taliban occupied government buildings and the headquarters of several news media, including Roshani Radio and TV, an independent broadcaster, where they torched and destroyed much of the equipment.
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2015 Rebellion by India’s literati against intolerance and growing assault on free speech
14 October 2015More than 40 authors have handed back major honours in a stand against ‘vicious assaults’ on cultural diversity
