Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim receives Oxfam Novib/PEN Award For Freedom Of Expression

 From: Pen-international

PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee, the PEN Emergency Fund and Oxfam Novib each year give the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Free Expression Award to writers who continue to work for freedom of expression in the face of persecution. The award is given in recognitions of writers’ significant contribution to freedom of expression around the world and as a distinctions to writers and journalists committed to free speech despite the danger to their own lives.

PEN International campaigns on behalf of courageous writers at risk and this award, in partnership with Oxfam Novib and the PEN Emergency Fund, is an important way of highlighting the challenges to freedom of expression and the bravery of individuals who speak up, particularly at a time when so much of freedom of expression is under threat worldwide.’ -Laura McVeigh, Executive Director, PEN International.

Recipients  2014

Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim (Somalia), freelance journalist
Oksana Chelysheva (Russia), journalist, activist
Dina Meza (Honduras), journalist, activist