#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter is nearly here! From 15 Nov–10 Dec, we’ll highlight four writers jailed for speaking out: Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit and Mzia Amaglobeli. Join us to call for their release! #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Tomorrow, PEN International launches a global call to free writers jailed for their words: #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli. Follow & stay tuned to take action. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Georgia is jailing journalists for doing their job. Join the discussion on #MziaAmaglobeli’s imprisonment, the wave of arrests since 2024 & how to defend media freedom. Organised by @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social in partnership with us. www.mfrr.eu/jailed-for-d...
#FreeMzia #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Jailed for dissent: Georgian journalists and writers under crackdown
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December 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Writers around the world are raising their voices for the Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Centres around the world are amplifying those silenced - through letters, readings, and action in solidarity. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Join the Independent Chinese PEN Centre with PEN International for “Chinese Prisons and International War: The 2025 ICPC Awards and Panel Discussions” on 14 November 2025, 1–5 PM.

Tickets available now ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chinese-pr...

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November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This month’s reading list is themed “From Behind Bars” in for our #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. These works, born from experiences behind bars remind us that the human voice endures even when freedom is taken away.
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Stand with #MziaAmaglobeli ✍️
She’s jailed for doing her job. Send a message of solidarity, write to the authorities and share her story online to show her she is not alone and to support her fight for justice! 📣

Take action: www.pen-international.org/mzia-amaglob...
December 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, Lauren Groff has written a letter of hope to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. Join us in sending Mohamed your own message of solidarity.

💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
As #DayoftheImprisonedWriter comes to a close, thank you to all who stood in solidarity with imprisoned writers worldwide. Our collective voices challenge censorship and repression, today on #HumanRightsDay, and every day.
#MohamedTadjadit #YalqunRozi #RoryBranker #MziaAmaglobeli
December 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
November 16, 2025 at 12:33 AM
TAKE ACTION: His words kept Uyghur culture alive — now he’s silenced for them. Stand with #YalqunRozi this #DayoftheImprisonedWriter. Sign our petition to set him free:
Yalqun Rozi — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
24 HOURS LEFT TO JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN!
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November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi, imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2016 for his cultural and literary work. Write to him, every message helps writers know they’re not forgotten. www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-... #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
SIGN OUR PETITION: www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...

Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Yalqun Rozi — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
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November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🧵Authoritarian leaders target poets because their words—filled with power and feeling—can expose oppression. For @peninternational.bsky.social annual #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign, we draw inspiration from the creativity of poets jailed for their words. pen.org/freedom-forb...
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Writer Yalqun Rozi is serving a 15-year prison sentence in Xinjiang, China for his work to promote the Uyghur language. We join @peninternational.bsky.social to call for the unconditional release of #YalqunRozi.

Take action for the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter:
SIGN OUR PETITION: www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...

Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Yalqun Rozi — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
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November 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
To mark the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, journalist Cheng Lei shared her own story of unjust imprisonment, reflecting on the courage of advocates who helped secure her release.

Watch her full testimony on our Instagram and take action today to support imprisoned writers 👉
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November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
@maazamengiste.bsky.social writes to imprisoned writer #RoryBranker: “There are more people than you realise who stand with you in your fight for freedom.”

For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happening now: Our first panel for the Independent Chinese PEN Centre Award Ceremony, featuring a timely and important discussion with Luo Shengchun, Enver Tothi Bughda, and Ben Rogers on imprisonment and the increasingly severe reality of surveillance in China. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: For simply doing her job as a journalist, #MziaAmaglobeli is serving a two-year prison sentence in Georgia on politically motivated grounds.
www.pen-international.org/mzia-amaglob...
Send her a message and remind her that her words matter. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
SIGN OUR PETITION: He told the truth. They silenced him.
Rory Branker has been disappeared and detained in Venezuela for doing his job as a journalist. Add your name to set him free — journalism is not a crime.

www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...

#RoryBranker #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Rory Branker - Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025 — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
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November 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Tomorrow, on #HumanRightsDay, our campaign comes to a close but our actions and words will continue. Over the past weeks, we’ve stood together for four imprisoned writers, raising our voices for freedom and justice.
Until every voice is free, none of us are truly free.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✉️ WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi, imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2016 for his cultural and literary work. Write to him, every message helps writers know they’re not forgotten.

www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...

#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
📢 For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, Lauren Groff has written a letter of hope to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit.

Join us in sending Mohamed your own message of solidarity.

💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
December 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Venezuelan authorities arrested columnist and journalist Rory Branker in February and forcibly disappeared him for over 200 days. We join @peninternational.bsky.social to call for #RoryBranker’s unconditional release.

Take action for the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter:
SIGN OUR PETITION: He told the truth. They silenced him.
Rory Branker has been disappeared and detained in Venezuela for doing his job as a journalist. Add your name to set him free — journalism is not a crime.

www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...

#RoryBranker #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Rory Branker - Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025 — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
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November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. He’s faced years of harassment, arrest, and imprisonment for his poetry and activism. Write your message now: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM