Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2023
Images from left to right: María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez (courtesy of María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez), Go Sherab Gyatso (courtesy of confidential), Iryna Danylovych (courtesy of Crimean Process), Soulaiman Raissouni (courtesy of Soulaiman Raissouni’s family).
Every year on 15 November PEN International launches its Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign, highlighting the cases of writers who are imprisoned or facing persecution and calling for urgent international action to release and protect them.
This year PEN International is featuring the cases of María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez (Cuba), Iryna Danylovych (Ukraine/occupied Crimea), Go Sherab Gyatso (China- Tibet), and Soulaiman Raissouni (Morocco). Please take action with us between November 15 and 22.
You can read this year's solidarity letters in support of our imprisoned writers below:
Read J.M Coetzee’s letter to Iryna Danylovych in English, French, and Spanish.
Read Nina George’s letter to Iryna Danylovych in English, French, and Spanish.
Read Geert Mak’s letter to Iryna Danylovych in English.
Read Andrey Kurkov’s letter to Soulaiman Raissouni in English.
Read Jennifer Clement’s letter to Go Sherab Gyatso (aka. Gosher) in English.
Join our campaign in support of María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez, Iryna Danylovych, Go Sherab Gyatso, and Soulaiman Raissouni.
