Other organisations working in areas such as freedom of expression and exiled writers
International PEN The Writers in Prison page of International PEN’s website. Gives latest newsletter, update on cases, recent reports. http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/index.php?pid=4
Reporters Sans Frontieres Latest news on journalists and broadcasters threatened, attacked, imprisoned or killed throughout the world, with advice to journalists covering strife-torn areas http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=20
Censored A good starting point for issues related to censorship, with useful links.
www.georgesuttle.com/censorship
International Freedom of Expression Exchange News by region affecting freedom of expression, campaigns, hot topics, extensive links to other FofEx sites. www.ifex.org
Index on Censorship Covers news and issues related to freedom of expression throughout the world. www.indexonline.org/
Amnesty International Many of the cases and issues which Amnesty handle overlap with what PEN is doing. http://www.amnesty.org/
Three PEN centres with very active WiP committees and useful web pages are:
English PEN:
http://www.englishpen.org/writersinprison/
Canadian PEN :
http://www.pencanada.ca/programs/free/freeExpression.php
PEN America:
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/172
Human Rights Scotland Good source for news and information on the Human Rights scene in Scotland (Scottish Executive funded)
http://home.btconnect.com/scotrights/
The Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees (ICAR) aims to raise the level of public debate and understanding of asylum in the UK context and to encourage evidence-based policy making.
http://www.icar.org.uk
Scottish Refugee Council An independent charity dedicated to providing advice, information and assistance to asylum seekers and refugees living in Scotland. http://www.scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/
UK Parliament including House of Commons, House of Lords and Scottish Parliament. All MPs are listed with their e-mail addresses. www.parliament.uk
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Here you can find the addresses of all the British embassies abroad, and all the foreign embassies in the UK
www.fco.gov.uk
Edinburgh is a member city of ICORN, working towards hosting a persecuted writer.
The International Cities of Refuge Network is an association of cities and regions around the world dedicated to the value of Freedom of Expression. Find out all about ICRON's aims and activities at their website below.
www.ICORN.org