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Literary and human rights prizes announced
June 2013
The Polish Prize of Sergio Vieira de Mello, awarded to individuals and organizations from all over the world with the aim to promote human rights, democracy and tolerance, announces the call for applications. And The Manchester Writing School at MMU launches the international literary competition Manchester Poetry and Fiction Prizes to celebrate excellence in creative writing.
An open letter to Ahmadinejad – my green vote was not your black name
June 2013
Illustration: Saadia Hussain
As the Iranian election is rapidly closing up, The Dissident Blog has dedicated their latest special issue to Iran. It includes an honest open letter to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by ICORN guest writer in Malmö, Naeimeh Doostdar Sanaye.
Masresha Mammo is new ICORN guest writer in Amsterdam
June 2013
At the invitation of the City of Amsterdam and the Dutch Foundation for Literature, Ethiopian journalist and writer Masresha Mammo arrived in Amsterdam in May 2013 to take residence as the city’s new ICORN guest writer. During the next 12 months, Mammo will live and work in the apartment where Anne Frank and her family lived for nine years, which today functions as a residency for refuged writers.
Earlier Articles
- Jönköping joins ICORN - June 2013
- ICORN writers at the Norwegian Festival of Literature 2013 - June 2013
- On the Move – improving mobility for cultural professionals - May 2013
- Paris welcomes Syrian writer and editor Najati Tayara as new ICORN guest writer - May 2013
- WRITING FREEDOM: Report from a succesful network meeting in Krakow - May 2013
- ICORN strengthens its headquarters in Stavanger - May 2013
- Not yet time to return home - May 2013
- WRITING FREEDOM PROGRAMME - The Biannual PEN International WiPC Conference & ICORN Network Meeting, Krakow 14-17 May 2013 - April 2013
- 'Literary Portraits' at Villa Decius - April 2013
- 'Free Speech in a Crowded World' - April 2013
- A Nordic Perspective on Free Speech and Cultural Shelter Cities - April 2013
- ICORN at the 2013 EIDHR Forum in Brussels - April 2013
- Ahya ssimra! (Damn it all!) - New book from Noufel Bouzeboudja - March 2013
- WRITING FREEDOM - The Biannual PEN International WiPC Conference & ICORN Network Meeting, Krakow 14-17 May 2013 - March 2013
- Join the online conversation on Creating Safe Spaces: Tactics for Communities at Risk - March 2013
- Immigrant women give a new perspective on the history of Malmö - March 2013
- New Blog by Stockholm's Guest Writer - March 2013
- Temporary e-mail trouble in the administration - March 2013
- The City of Harstad launched as first safe haven for persecuted musicians - February 2013
- New guest writer in Trondheim - February 2013
- Over 870 cases of attacks on writers, journalists, poets, publishers and editors recorded in 2012. - February 2013
- Reykjavik's Mazen Maarouf translates Sjón's novel into Arabic - January 2013
- Making Diversity work for Cities - January 2013
- New novel from ICORN guest writer Hamza Zirem - January 2013
- Växjö's first guest writer has arrived - January 2013
- The Dissident Blog - What is happening to the freedom of expression in Turkey? - January 2013
- Bergen welcomes Kareem Amer - January 2013
- New cartoon from Charb and Zineb El Rhazoui - January 2013
- City of Asylum/Pittsburgh launches new website - January 2013
- Safe, but not Silent. - December 2012
- New Swedish Anthology with interviews and texts from ICORN writers - December 2012
- ICORN recruits new Administration and Communication Coordinators. - December 2012
- New book from ICORN guest writer Jahangir Alam Akash - December 2012
- Displaced Verse: Web portrait of Casa Refugio ICORN guest writer Mohamad Alaaedin Abdul Moula - December 2012
- New children's book from ICORN guest writer Tendai Frank Tagarira - November 2012
- More Swedish cities joining ICORN - November 2012
- Stockholm welcomes its 8ht guest writer - November 2012
- New guest writer in Malmö - November 2012
- Copenhagen welcomes first guest writer - November 2012
- The Autumn 2012 ICORN board meeting in Krakow - November 2012
- Lokeesan Appuththurai is Bergen City of Refuge's Guest Writer - November 2012
- Bø City of Refuge welcomes their first guest writer - October 2012
- SAFE, BUT NOT SILENT: ICORN receives major 3 year's grant from Sida - October 2012
- New book from ICORN writer Gilles Dossou-Gouin - October 2012
- Manal Al-Sheikh and Mazen Maarouf's 'Poets of Protest' portraits released on Al Jazeera - October 2012
- Former ICORN guest writer Jiao Guobiao arrested, released; remaining under tight surveillance. - September 2012
- Norwegian PEN publishes guest writer Anthology - September 2012
- Odense welcomes new Guest Writer - September 2012
- Sigtuna becomes ICORN member - August 2012
- New Guest Writer arrives in Casa Refúgio, Mexico City - August 2012
- Frankfurt City of Refuge welcomes new Guest Writer - August 2012
- Al Jazeera’s “Poets of Protest” series profiles ICORN writers - August 2012
- Basem Al-Nabriss is ICORN's new guest writer in Barcelona - July 2012
- The latest issue of 'The Dissident Blog' released - July 2012
- Asieh Amini makes appearance on Swedish television - June 2012
- 'Freedom never comes for free' - June 2012
- New information film about ICORN on Youtube - June 2012
- Strategic Plan and Official Minutes from the General Assembly Available Now - June 2012
- Strong ICORN Support from Nordic Ministers of Culture - April 2012
- Uppsala Welcomes New Guest Writer - April 2012
- The European Commission launches new report on shelter initiatives for Human Rights Defenders in danger - April 2012
- ICORN Welcomes Two New Cities of Refuge: Bø and Växjö - March 2012
- Faraj Bayrakdar featured in documentary about his imprisonment, 'Story of Freedom' - March 2012
- Parvin Ardalan publishes women's rights essay in Sweden's 'Sydsvenskan' newspaper - March 2012
- Mayor of Stavanger dedicates International Women's Day to Guest Writer Norwan - March 2012
- Mana Neyestani hits with new graphic novel, 'An Iranian Metamorphosis' - March 2012
- ICORN writers broadcasted throughout Slovenia - March 2012
- PEN records almost 900 attacks against writers and journalists in 2011 - February 2012
- Al Jazeera features ICORN Guest Writer Manal Al-Sheikh in upcoming documentary - January 2012
- ICORN cartoonist Abdul Arts speaks with high schoolers in Skien - January 2012
- Second ICORN guest writer arrives in Ljubljana - January 2012
- ICORN Guest Writer Asieh Amini wins Oxfam Novib/PEN Award - January 2012
- Easterine Kire releases new novel 'Bitter Wormwood' - January 2012
- Musa Mutaev's releases translation of first novel, 'Medal of Honour' - January 2012
- ‘A Place with No Army’: Guest Writer Mazen Maarouf interview in ‘The Reykjavik Grapevine’ - January 2012
- 'Just A Tiny Piece of Freedom' - December 2011
- 'You have inspired me, Mansur!' - December 2011
- Ljubljana receives first Guest Writer - December 2011
- Skien Welcomes New Guest Writer - December 2011
- Strong Nordic appeal for free expression and safe havens - December 2011
- ICORN in focus at Nordic Culture Forum in Stockholm - November 2011
- Mazen Maarouf is Reykjavik's first ICORN guest writer - November 2011
- PEN International horrified over arrest of prominent Turkish Writer - November 2011
- Anthology release and writers tour in Denmark - November 2011
- The City of Krakow have signed agreement with ICORN - October 2011
- Krakow becomes ICORN member city - October 2011
- Reykjavik has become new ICORN City of Refuge - October 2011
- ICORN writer Mansur Rajih congratulates Tawakul Karman with Nobel Peace Prize - October 2011
- 'The Words that Kill' - October 2011
- Bertrand Teyou is Mexico City's newest guest writer - October 2011
- 'The Dissident Blog' has published its second volume - September 2011
- Easterine Iralu's novel selected for UNESCO translation programme - September 2011
- Express Yourself: Exhibition opens at Göteborg Book Fair - September 2011
- ICORN writers at PEN International World Congress in Belgrade - September 2011
- Trondheim's Asieh Amini Releases New Book of Poetry - September 2011
- Noufel Bouzeboudja releases new book - September 2011
- PEN's Writers in Prison Case List, January-June 2011 - September 2011
- Sihem Bensedrine wins Human Rights Watch Award for Extraordinary Activism - August 2011
- New book from Seedy Bojang - August 2011
- Tromsø Guest Writer meets Norwegian Minister of Education - August 2011
- Haugesund Celebrates Guest Writer Andrei Nekrasov - August 2011
- Prestigous Unesco Prize awarded to Catalan PEN - August 2011
- Half Year ICORN Placement Update - June 2011
- New book release from Dossou-Gouin - June 2011
- ICORN writers in Denmark meet at Hald Hovedgård - June 2011
- New Guest Writer arrived in Tromsø - June 2011
- Guest Writer Asieh Amini on BBC - May 2011
- Stavanger welcomes new Guest Writer - May 2011
- Paris' Guest Writer participates in cartoon exhibition. - May 2011
- Syrian opposition from Stockholm City of Refuge - May 2011
- New ICORN member city: Ljubljana! - April 2011
- Iranian cartoonist Mana Neyestani first ICORN guest writer in Paris - April 2011
- A very good move! - April 2011
- On the move to Brussels! - March 2011
- Krakow receives first Guest Writer - March 2011
- New Guest Writer arrives in Mexico City - February 2011
- Århus' Guest Writer Tagarira - February 2011
- Chiusi welcomes Guest Writers from Iran - February 2011
- ICORN Cartoonist with exhibition in Drøbak - February 2011
- ICORN film-maker receives Oxfam Novib/PEN Award - January 2011
- ICORN at Utrecht University - January 2011
- Paris joins ICORN - January 2011
- ICORN participates in European Parliament hearing - January 2011
- ICORNs first cartoonist arrives in Drøbak City of Refuge - December 2010
- New poetry collection from Gilles Dossou-Gouin - December 2010
- New Novel from Easterine Kire Iralu - November 2010
- Autumn Greetings from ICORN - and an Important Meeting Alert! - November 2010
- Former ICORN Guest Writer Mansour Koushan Awarded the 2010 Ossietzky Award - November 2010
- Mansur Rajih Awarded Human Rights Prize - November 2010
- Landskrona, Sweden ready for ICORN membership - October 2010
- Copenhagen grants funds to establish City of Refuge - September 2010
- Iranian writer leaves Chiusi after two years - September 2010
- Frederiksberg City of Refuge welcomes its first Guest Writer - September 2010
- Sampsonia Way opens new article series by interviewing Helge Lunde - August 2010
- Eurozine and ICORN join forces - August 2010
- Creative Resistance - An Intersecting Networks Approach - July 2010
- Committee to Protect Journalists releases Survey on Journalists in Exile - June 2010
- ICORN Guest Writer Philo Ikonya published in Germany - June 2010
- ICORN consolidates and looks forward at successful Frankfurt assembly - June 2010
- The European Parliament Debates Report on Human Rights Defenders Today - June 2010
- Denmark's first ICORN Guest Writer arrives in Århus - June 2010
- Two new books from ICORN Guest Writer Manal Al-Sheikh - June 2010
- New Book from former Guest Writer Gilles Dossou-Gouin - June 2010
- The General Assembly addressed by the Chairwoman of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights - June 2010
- Easterine Iralu's 'A Terrible Matriarchy' published by Shahrazad in Germany - June 2010
- World Press Freedom Day: Persecuted journalists find safe haven in ICORN cities - May 2010
- Kjell Olaf Jensen receives the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav - April 2010
- Haugesund, Norway joins ICORN - April 2010
- International PEN celebrates 'Free the Word' in London - April 2010
- Tunisian Writer Sihem Bensedrine is the new ICORN Guest Writer in Barcelona - March 2010
- Welcome to the ICORN General Assembly in Frankfurt - March 2010
- Malmö joins ICORN as City of Refuge - March 2010
- Three Danish Cities and one Island of Refuge Ready for ICORN - March 2010
- ICORN meets local representatives to discuss a Region of Refuge in Southern Sweden - February 2010
- Free Press and Free Expression Organizations to Iran: Release Jailed Journalists, Writers - February 2010
- ICORN at the European Parliament - January 2010
- Succesful ICORN Launch in Snowy London - January 2010
- New Book from ICORN Guest Writer Ayaz Khonsyawashan - January 2010
- Press freedom prize awarded to Israeli reporter and Chechen magazine Dosh - December 2009
- New Book from ICORN Guest Writer Hamza Zirem - November 2009
- Irakli Kakabadze among the recipients of the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award - November 2009
- New Book from ICORN Guest Writer Musa Mutaev - November 2009
- ICORN congratulates Kjell Olaf Jensen on being awarded Norwegian PEN's first Honorary Prize - November 2009
- Kenyan writer Philo Ikonya is ICORN guest writer in Oslo, Norway. - November 2009
- Miami first North American City to join ICORN - November 2009
- Conquering the Walls of Silence: New anthology with works by imprisoned and exiled writers launched in Vienna - October 2009
- ICORN Guest Writer Li Jianhong Blocked from Returning Home - October 2009
- The Danish Government has Decided to Fund Municipalities Wishing to Establish Cities of Refuge - October 2009
- PEN Urges Swedish Migration Authorities to Grant Guest Writer Anisur Rahman Asylum - October 2009
- ICWE Member John Ralston Saul Elected as President of International PEN - October 2009
- The Writers in Prison Committee releases guide to defending writers under attack - October 2009
- Bestselling author Cecilia Samartin visits Shahrazad - stories for life in Stavanger - September 2009
- 644 cases of imprisonment, attack and even killings of writers recorded by International PEN in first half of 2009. - August 2009
- Chenjerai Hove is awarded stipend for new book project - July 2009
- Er Tai Gao, former writer in residence of City of Asylum Las Vegas, publishes memoir. - July 2009
- Palma de Mallorca becomes ICORN City of Refuge - July 2009
- The ICORN Aministration Center have been granted addittional funding - July 2009
- Exiled Iranian Writers’ Appeal to the Writers of the World: Help us stop the suppression of the Iranian people! - June 2009
- Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) releases special report: Journalists in Exile 2009 - June 2009
- The Frankfurt Book Fair interviews Peter Ripken, Chair of ICORN's Executive Board - June 2009
- Norwegian Cities of Refuge participated in Marketplace of Ideas - June 2009
- Former Guest Writer Easterine Kire Iralu now has a website - June 2009
- Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs highlights support of ICORN as a central part of the Ministry's human rights policy - June 2009
- ICORN and Danish PEN win the Hal Koch award - June 2009
- ICORN at the Global Forum on Freedom of Expression in Oslo - May 2009
- Former Guest Writer Gilles Dossou-Gouin now has his own website - May 2009
- The 2009 ICORN Lecture: The Forgotten Fruits of Migration by Ilija Trojanow - May 2009
- Former Guest Writer Chenjerai Hove co-edits book about writing on conflicts in Africa. - May 2009
- Easterine Kire Iralu's novel A Terrible Matriarchy published in Norwegian - May 2009
- ICORN established as an international organisation - April 2009
- ICORN General Assembly to be held in Barcelona on April 21 and 22 - April 2009
- The “Roland Berger Award for Human Dignity” goes to Reporters Without Borders and Shirin Ebadi - April 2009
- New collection of poetry from Mansur Rajih - August 2008
- Iralu's Third Book Published in Her City of Refuge - December 2007
- ICORN meets with Casa Refugio - December 2007
- Shahrazad Begins. . . - November 2007
- A Beginning for Shahrazad - November 2007
- EU Contract for Shahrazad Signed - November 2007
- Danish Cities to Join ICORN - May 2007
- New ICORN City in Brussels - April 2007
- ICORN Guest Writers and Iraq in the News - December 2006