DWWORLD: “Writing can be deadly” (Inglés)

The Day of the Imprisoned Writer aims to recognize writers who resist the repression of the freedom of speech. The international P.E.N. organization is particularly active in helping those persecuted for their writings.
It is an incredibly long list, featuing hundreds of names of people from all around the world - they are writers in jail.
The so-called Caselist is published by the international writers' association P.E.N. It consists of the names of writers, authors and journalists who have been jailed or murdered in just the past few months and those of people who have simply disappeared.
It is updated every six months.
In the first half of 2011, it is alleged there were 647 different attempts around the world to silence writers. Cases are rarely made public, but some of the better known ones include those of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya and Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. It is thought that both were murdered - most likely because they published work that opposed the dominant powers within their countries.
Similarly, in the 1980s, death threats against Indian-British novelist Salman Rushdie made waves around the world.