The International Cities of Refuge Network is an association of cities and regions around the world dedicated to the value of Freedom of Expression.
Protection
ICORN Cities offer persecuted writers a safe haven where they can live and work without fear of being censored or silenced.
Promotion
ICORN supports the artistic endeavours of its guest writers and promotes new spaces for intercultural dialogues worldwide.
International PEN WiPC Caselist July-December 2009 Now Available
March 2010 Saved to Events, Festivals and Opportunities
The International PEN Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) caselist summarising all recorded attacks against writers, journalists and publishers in the period July to December 2009 is now available online . This case list also includes the total figures of attacks for the period January to December 2009. The WiPC recorded over the year 900 cases of attacks on freedom of expression, a slight increase on the previous year, 2008, where 877 attacks were recorded.
Freemuse Celebrates Music Freedom Day 2010
March 2010 Saved to Events, Festivals and Opportunities
On March 3, ICORN co-operative partner Freemuse celebrates Music Freedom Day. Over four years, this annual occasion has grown into a truly global event which inspires increasing numbers of musicians and concert organisers to join, and informs millions of radio listeners about issues of freedom of expression for musicians.
Three Danish Cities and one Island of Refuge Ready for ICORN
March 2010 Saved to Network News
Monday 1 March the Danish Ministry of Culture released the news that three cities and one island (!) of refuge will receive funds through the Danish Arts Council, enabling them to start the procedures of inviting their upcoming ICORN guest writer imminently. The municipalities of Århus, Frederiksberg (Copenhagen) and Odense have already become ICORN members, while the island Fanø is expected to sign the ICORN agreement soon, to become the world's first ICORN "island of refuge".
Per Stig Møller, the Danish Minister for Culture
Visit Shahrazad!
Welcome to the Shahrazad website, a free space in Europe for writers from all over the world to tell their stories and to be heard.
Six ICORN cities are taking part in the Shahrazad project: Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt, Norwich, Stockholm and Stavanger. But writers from every corner of the world are invited to contribute words.
The Shahrazad project will set in motion a transnational dynamic of sharing and exchanging new stories. It will reach out specifically to individuals and groups unfamiliar with traditional literary and cultural activities. It will focus especially on children and young people who, through educational programmes, creative workshops and digital story production, will experience both the receiving and production ends of the Stories for Life chain of communication.
Ultimately, the Shahrazad project aims to provide Europe with new, more open and sustainable narratives about itself. By opening up to human and artistic impulses from ‘outside', Europe can regain and revitalise some of its capital values: freedom, democracy and solidarity.
Shahrazad is a European Union Culture 2007: multi-annual co-operation project
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