Today, Julian Assange is awarded PEN Norway's
#OssietzkyPrize
2023! We are grateful to welcome
@Stella_Assange
to
#Oslo
to receive the Award on behalf of
#JulianAssange
.
Watch the Award ceremony LIVE at 6PM CET at PEN Norway’s website:
The frontline activist from
#Pakistan
,
@MahrangBaloch_
, continues her fight against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in
#Balochistan
. "I do this for my family and my people, so staying silent is not an option for me," she says. Read more:
Julian Assange is 49 today. He ‘celebrates’ in Belmarsh prison. Isolated for 23 hours a day. Why? Because he revealed American war crimes. The US wants him extradited. This must not happen. We demand his release
#freejulianassange
#dontextraditeassange
#happybirthdayjulian
I dag samlet unge aktivister, skribenter og kunstnere fra PENs nettverk seg i Oslo. Deltakerne kommer bl.a. fra Belarus, Canada, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Slovenia, Togo, Cuba, Spania og England. I morgen kan du møte dem på
@Litteraturhuset
kl. 13!
➡️
Many congratulations from PEN Norway to unjustly-imprisoned rights defender Osman Kavala on being awarded the Council of Europe's Vaclav Haval prize 2023. Freedom would be better.
Norsk PEN har gleden av å ønske Julian Assange velkommen som nytt æresmedlem:
PEN Norway are greatful to announce
#JulianAssange
as our honorary member.
#FreeAssangeNOW
PEN Norway are equally concerned about reports of crackdowns and police actions against peaceful protesters in
#Balochistan
,
#Pakistan
. We are actively monitoring the situation and urge
@GovtofPakistan
to refrain from using force, ensuring everyone's right to peaceful assembly.
#Pakistan
: PEN International is concerned over recent reports of censorship and other restrictions on freedom of expression in
#Balochistan
province. Our statement⬇️
GEZİ'Yİ İZLEMEK
PEN Norveç'in Raporunu buradan okuyunuz:
Tutuklu sanıkların her biriyle yapılan röportajlar, makaleler, iddianame raporları ve Türkiye’deki beş yıllık Gezi Parkı yargılaması üzerine PEN Norveç’in gözlem sürecine genel bir bakış.
Statement by Turkey Adviser
@CarolineStockf1
on today’s sentence and conviction in the Gezi case.
- The darkest day for Turkish judiciary in living memory.
#FreeOsmanKavala
Vi støtter fullt ut alle som mener at det sentrale er å ivareta et debattklima i offentligheten der de ansatte i skolen kan bruke sin ytringsfrihet til å uttale seg om de politiske rammebetingelsene for skoledrift og den daglige arbeidssituasjonen i skolen.
@SimonMalkenes
PEN Norway's series of 11 election interviews continues with TIP candidate
@esmerayozadikti
"The TIP has made a special effort to safeguard human rights for the LGBTI+ community but also to ensure their representation in the fight for these rights."
Caroline Stockford (
@CarolineStockf1
), PEN Norway’s Turkey advisor, reporting from outside the Court House in
#Istanbul
: «We are extreamly disapponted with the decision to continue Kavala’s detention, and demend his release at the next hearing in January.»
#OsmanKavala
Julian Assanges kone frykter ikke bare at han blir sittende i fengsel resten av livet. – Han kan også miste livet, sier
@Stella_Assange
til
@Aftenposten
i forbindelse med utdelingen av Norsk PENs Ossietzkypris til Julian Assange.
A message on the Day of the
#ImprisonedWriter
from Kurdish poet, playwright, essayist Ilhan Sami Çomak:
"This will be my last day as an imprisoned writer. Prisons are no place for writers. Please let's not forget them. Let's keep the solidarity effort constant."
PEN Norway interview imprisoned Gezi defendant and film maker Çiğdem Mater
We are interviewing every imprisoned defendant in the outrageous Gezi Park case in Turkey. Today it's the turn of film maker Çiğdem Mater to speak from Bakırköy Women's Prison.
PEN Norway were very happy to meet newly released Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent in Istanbul today. He was unjustly imprisoned for over 6 years for one newspaper story. Happy to see him free!
PEN Norway saying NO to extraditing Julian Assange from Great Britain to USA. Today we met with British Ambassador to Norway to express our concerns.
#FreeAssange
#FreeJulianAssange
PEN Norway are horrified and disgusted at the decision from Çağlayan today to continue detention of civil society leader Osman Kavala. Despite strongest calls from CoE, ECtHR, panel ruled for Kavala's continuing, illegal detention. Read our indictment report on Tuesday 22 Dec.
Today, we are launching a project which we are very proud of. 12 recent Turkish indictments are being examined by legal experts from five countries. First report out now.
Mücella Yapıcı ile söyleşi:
(Türkçesi altta)
Mücella PEN Norveç'le barışçıl ve meşru protesto hakkı, sivil alanlar, kadın ve insan hakları ile ilgili görüşlerini paylaştı.
"Esasen tarihi iktidarlar değil halklar yazar."
PEN Norveç'in seçimler öncesi siyasetçilerle gerçekleştirdiği röportajlara bugün Türkiye İşçi Partisi’nden Zeynep Esmeray Özadikti ile devam ediyoruz:
"Türkiye’de LGBTİ+lar ifade özgürlüğünü hiçbir şekilde kullanamıyor ve kriminalize ediliyor."
"We welcome the Supreme Court's ruling today to overturn the convictions of Ahmet Altan and Nazlı Ilıcak. We hope this marks a period in which the rule of law is strengthened in Turkey and await the release of Kavala and Demirtaş."
- Kjersti Løken Stavrum
President, PEN Norway
Journalist Nedim Türfent writes about imprisoned Kurdish poet Ilhan Sami Çomak who sent PEN Norway a message on Nov 15, Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
Read the article and Ilhan's fantastic message to you all here:
30 years, no justice.
#freethepoet
in
PEN Norway interviews inspiring Mücella Yapıcı✊
Sentenced to 18 years in Gezi show trial, Mücella shares her views on non-violent, legitimate protest, civic space, women and human rights.
"History is written by the people, not those in power."
Pls:RT!
I dag minnes vi
#DaphneCaruanaGalizia
❤️ Det er i dag fire år siden journalisten fra
#Malta
ble drept av en bilbombe. Daphne var en av Maltas fremste gravejournalister og regimekritikere. Vi vil aldri glemme hennes pågangsmot og engasjement.
MONITORING GEZI
Read PEN Norway's Five Year Report here:
Interviews defendants, articles, indictment reports and an overview of PEN Norway’s monitoring of the five-year Gezi Park trial.
PEN Norveç Gezi davası sanığı, avukat Can Atalay ile konuştu.
“Gezi, demokrasinin çoğulcu niteliğinin ne denli önemli olduğunu, çoğulculuğun biber gazından göz gözü görmezken dahi mümkün olabildiğinin kanıtıdır.”
#JulianAssange
’s two-day trial concluded yesterday. The
#UnitedStates
continued to argue for the extradition of Assange by undermining the risk of suicide. – It is as expected, but disappointing, said
@runeottosen
. PEN Norway summarised the hearing:
PEN Norveç 2021 Türkiye İddianame Projesi'nin son makalesini yayımlıyor. Kasım Akbaş Türkiye tarafından Türkiye'nin AİHM kararlarını uygulamaktan kaçınırken başvurduğu yolları kaleme aldı.
“Gezi is proof of the importance of the pluralistic nature of democracy, and that pluralism is possible even when we are under attack from blinding tear gas."
PEN Norway interviews Gezi defendant, lawyer Can Atalay.
Artist: Murat Başol
– The breaches of international standards by the
#UK
and
#US
governments, both of which are otherwise are seen and pride themselves as upholders of democracy, is extraordinary, said
@swhyatt
, our observer at
#JulianAssange
's hearing. PEN Norway’s summary:
In person event as part of PEN Norway's centenary: Women Resisting Authoritarian Turkey.
A panel with author Ayşe Düzkan, former NRK Istanbul correspondent Sidsel Wold, lawyer and feminist Ceren Uysal and PEN Norway Turkey Adviser Caroline Stockford.
I dag ble det vedtatt at
#JulianAssange
kan anke dommen om utlevering til USA i Høyesteretten. – Nå må kravet være at
#Assange
blir løslatt i påvente av ankebehandlingen, sier Rune Ottosen, leder av Norsk PENs Assange-utvalg.
The world is watching
#Turkey
in the coming days. Verdict is due in Amnesty trial on the 19th and who can tell what will happen in Gezi trial on 18th. The only 'legal' course of action is FULL acquittal of all defendants.
Show us the rule of law is still there!
#Yarg
ıYokİnfazVar
No lawyer should have to die for the right to a fair trial!
PEN Norway are deeply saddened to hear of the death of hunger-fasting lawyer
#EbruTimtik
. Our condolences and sympathies go out to her family, friends and to all lawyers fighting to uphold the rule of law in Turkey.
Tre år har gått siden Julian Assange ble slept ut av Ecuadors ambassade og arrestert i London. Onsdag etter påske kommer utleveringen til Assange på bordet til innenriksminister
@pritipatel
.
Vi kommer tilbake med oppdateringer og reaksjoner på saken.
#FreeAssangeNOW
PEN Norway stands with journalist Seyhan Avşar. The investigation opened against her for reporting on the death by torture of a suspected looter by military police in Hatay must be dropped immediately. Media freedom is not a threat, it is a constitutional right.
Hatay’da yağma iddiasıyla gözaltına alınıp Altınöz Jandarma Karakolu’nda uğradığı işkence nedeniyle öldürüldüğü iddia edilen bir gencin haberini yaptığım için hakkımda soruşturma başlatılmış.
Om betydningen av å skrive julekort til forfattere og journalister i fengsel, og møtet med en som har kjent på kroppen hvordan det er å fengsles for sine ytringer, avistegneren
@Arifur1
/
@cartoonistar
Nydelig og presist av vårt styremedlem
@Ingeborgborg
Fordi han skulle ha fornærmet profeten, var
@Arifur1
ønsket død av både fanger og fangevoktere. En leiemorder var blant hans få allierte — og viste ham mer medmenneskelighet enn religiøse medfanger. En annerledes julekommentar fra meg:
Den norske Forfatterforeningens (
@DnF1893
) Ytringsfrihetspris for 2021 deles mellom den tyrkiske forfatteren Ahmet Altan og den kurdiske forfatteren Ilhan Çomak. Sistnevnte er æresmedlem i Norsk PEN. Norsk PEN gratulerer med tildelingen av prisen! 🌟
PEN Norway joins an important panel event in solidarity with innocent imprisoned lawyer Can Atalay.
Join the event to hear more on this and on PEN Norway's 5 year monitoring of the baseless and illegal Gezi Park Trial.
Register here:
PEN Norway has appointed two new honorary members: İlhan Sami Çomak and Ilham Tohti. We commit to paying close attention to their cases. Read more about them here: …
#ilhan
çomak
#ilhamtohti
Norsk PEN er stolte over
#NobelPeacePrize2022
går til det belarussiske, russiske og ukrainske sivilsamfunnet: Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties. En stor dag for fredsarbeidet til sivilsamfunnet i Belarus, Russland og Ukraina.
Norwegian PEN strongly opposes the extradition charges against
#JulianAssange
. We will be at Woolwich Crown Court next week to show our support for Assange. This is a matter of freedom of speech!
#DontExtraditeAssange
"Situasjonen i
#Afghanistan
for frie ytrere har gått fra vondt til verre. Nå frykter mange for livet sitt, og blir tvunget til å leve i skjul," sier
@HasinaShirzad
, journalist og medlem i Norsk PENs Afghanistanutvalg.
Beskytt
#ytringsfrihet
- støtt Norsk PENs arbeid i dag 🧡
#JulianAssange
får medhold i retten og kan anke saken om utlevering til USA. – Dette er svært gode nyheter, selv om det betyr ny ventetid i fengsel under vanskelige forhold, sier
@runeottosen
, som observerte høringen for Norsk PEN i High Court i London.
NOW:
#JulianAssange
's court hearing starts. Assange risk extradition to the
#USA
and 175 years in jail. PEN Norway is observing the hearing, and we are present outside the court.
#FreeJulianAssange
PEN Norveç İddianame Projesi kapsamında avukat
@scerenu
tarafından hazırlanmış üçüncü iddianame raporu:
@arahmangok
iddianamesi.
Av. Uysal: "İddianame Gök hakkında neden cezai bir soruşturma yürüdüğünü dahi açıklayamıyor".
Norsk PEN gratulerer årets vinnere av Nobels fredspris, Maria Ressa og Dmitrij Muratov! – Årets nobelpris viser at journalistikk er fredsbevarende arbeid – selv om mange makthavere ser det motsatt, sier
@LokenStavrum
, Norsk PENs styreleder.
#NobelPrize
PEN Norway's event on the Indictment Project with Lawyers For Lawyers, Amsterdam. Chaired by PEN Norway's Turkey Legal Adviser Ceren Uysal with guests Lawyers Veysel Ok and Ümit Büyükdağ and Turkey Adviser Caroline Stockford.
.
@NygaardWilliam
reagerer: Dette har knapt nok skjedd i ytringsfrihetens historie i det demokratiske Norge.
Siktelser rettet mot teatermedarbeidere for å bruke ytringsfriheten er ikke en rettsstat verdig.
PEN Norway's hearing report in the case of Prof Dr Korur Fincancı.
As PEN Norway we strongly condemn the sentence that disregards the freedom of expression of Dr Fincancı and that of society as a whole in Turkey. This is no demonstration of rule of law.
PEN Norway condemns the persecution of journalist & our honorary member Can Dündar, who was sentenced to 27.5 years in prison in 2020 in
#Turkey
. PEN Norway was at his hearing on 26/3, which was adjourned to 11 July. We call for justice for
@candundaradasi
!
Som
@Ingeborgborg
sa: Det var ikke kun Rushdie som ble angrepet. Det ble du óg.
Gjennom helgen har Norsk PEN vist vår støtte til Rushdies og hans kamp for ytringsfrihet:
Solidarity with Prof. Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı who is the target of a baseless and biased judicial process.
PEN Norway followed the second hearing in her case today in Istanbul.
PEN Norway is shocked at the murder in Turkey today of newspaper editor Güngör Arslan. We demand an immediate and effective investigation into his killing. We express solidarity and sympathy with the staff of Ses Kocaeli newspaper and our journalist colleagues in Turkey today.
PEN Norway interview jailed Gezi Park defendant Tayfun Kahraman:
"This is a revenge trial, not a normal legal process."
Read our interview with academic, urban planner Tayfun Kahraman here:
Pic: Murat Başol
PEN Norveç, tutuklu avukat Can Atalay ile dayanışma amacıyla gerçekleşecek önemli bir panele katılıyor.
Bu konu ve PEN Norveç'in 5 yıl boyunca Gezi Parkı yargılamasına ilişkin gözlemlerine ilişkin daha fazla detay için etkinliğe katılınız.
Happy 50th birthday
#JulianAssange
! This is the 3rd year he spends his birthday in
#Belmarsh
prison. PEN Norway wrote Julian a letter to let him know that we continue to fight for his release & justice. We encourage you to do the same ➡️
#FreeJulianAssange
Ikke bare Julian
#Assange
står foran en dramatisk britisk dom. Rettsavgjørelsen kan bety en historisk svekkelse av uavhengig, kritisk journalistikk, skriver
@runeottosen
, leder av Assange-utvalget i Norsk PEN.
#FreeAssangeNOW
@Stella_Assange
Vi minnes Harald Henden med stor respekt og takknemlighet ❤️
Gjennom sine 30 år som krigsfotograf har han vært verdens øyne i krigsherjede områder. Hendens fotografier er et symbol på fotojournalistikkens viktighet.
We congratulate and welcome the new platform for young writers in Turkey:
@ilkyazedebiyat
, made by
@egedundarr
. We contribute to make the writers’ works read by publishing three texts in Norwegian, translated by Gunvald Axner Ims:
PEN Norveç Türkiye İddianame Projesi kapsamında Şebnem Korur Fincancı'nın yargılanarak 2 yıl 8 ay 15 gün hapis cezasına çarptırıldığı davanın iddianamesi Prof. Helen Duffy tarafından incelendi.
Raporu buradan okuyabilirsiniz:
Together with 38 human rights organizations we call on Turkish authority to unblock the radio station Özgürüz and stop the harassment of Can Dündar.
#freeturkeymedia
#cand
ündar #özgürüz
PEN Norveç Türkiye İddianame Pröjesi kapsamında Avukat Şerife Ceren Uysal Ahmet Altan'ın bir iddianamesini inceledi, raporumuz buradan okuyabilirsiniz:
Osman Kavala hiç bir suç işlememiş. PEN Norveç'te Osman Bey ile dayanışma içindeyiz. Bu 3 yıllık yargısal zülüm son bulsun!
Bu zayıf, delil kapsamayan iddianamenin ayrıntıları Kevin Dent QC tarafından incelenmiştir. Burada okuyabilirsiniz:
Imprisoned former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Selahattin Demirtaş gave an interview to PEN Norway on:
Freedom of expression
Rule of law
Kurdish linguistic rights
This interview is the 2nd of eleven, conducted last week in Istanbul.
Türkiye seçimlerine 10 gün kala PEN Norveç siyasetçilerle yaptığı ifade özgürlüğü ve hukuk devleti temalı röportajları yayımlamaya devam ediyor.
Deva Partisi’nden Mustafa Yeneroğlu ile olan söyleşiyi buradan okuyabilirsiniz:
5 years since his formal arrest and detention PEN Norway interviews Osman Kavala and reiterates the call for his immediate release from prison.
"This movement did not have a headquarters, nor a brain, but it had a heart, and its heart was the Gezi Park."
#BeijingOL
: Millioner av mennesker vil følge med på vinterlekene. Samtidig sitter
#IlhamTohti
og tusenvis av andre ytrere fengslet, og millioner blir diskriminert, forfulgt og torturert. Norsk PEN krever at
#Kina
respekterer menneskerettighetene. Støtt idretten - ikke uretten!
Today, we are launching the
#TurkeyIndictmentProject
with discussions from Turkish and international legal & human rights experts. Interesting debates from the first panel speaking on the topic of «Crisis in the Rule of Law in Turkey».
#ruleoflawturkey
Today the Ukrainian film maker Oleg Sentsov has been on a hunger strike for 100 days. His condition is critical and we fear for his life. You can help shed light on his case by reading and sharing his story "Testament".
#FreeSentsov
@pen_int
Norsk PEN gir Ossietzkyprisen 2020 til satiretegnerne i Norge for fremragende innsats for ytringsfriheten. Prisen tildeles alle som arbeider med satire- og avistegning i Norge.
Les mer:
Tegning: Ahmed Falah
#Ossietzkyprisen2020
PEN Norway denounces yet more Kurdish media & lawyer arrests. The right of the peoples of Turkey to receive pluralistic news and the rights of journalists & media outlets to disseminate it is enshrined in the constitution.