India: Authorities pursue charges against writer Arundhati Roy over 2010 speech
‘The sudden and unjust decision to pursue new charges against Arundhati Roy over a speech given in 2010 is a blatant attempt at intimidation and yet another example of how India’s legal system is being weaponised against critical voices. We call for an immediate halt to the legal proceedings and for an end to the weaponisation of India’s legal system’, said Ma Thida, Chair of PEN International’s #WritersInPrison Committee.
#PENInternational, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by 103 Nobel Laureates, expressing solidarity with writer, human rights defender, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and PEN member #AlesBialiatski, and condemning the Belarusian authorities’ brutal, relentless, and systematic crackdown on independent voices. Today is the International Day of Solidarity with Prisoners of Conscience in #Belarus. The letter was featured in the #Guardian.