Africa
‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers
More than 180 writers, including Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee, have signed a PEN International letter to Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki demanding proof of life for 12 writers detained incommunicado since a 2001 crackdown on the independent press. Signatories include Ben Okri, Elif Shafak, Colm Toibin and Tsitsi Dangarembga.
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