Tuesday, April 21, 2009

News at Eleven: The Slovakian PEN Centre, part of PEN International,

criticised Slovakian magazine Dotyky "from an ethical and moral point of view" for publishing [Radovan] Karadzic's poetry earlier this month without any editorial commentary about his background while he is "indicted for war crimes in connection with the 1990s Bosnian conflict, including crimes against humanity".

Dotyky magazine is published by the Slovakian Writers Association. Its editor Boris Brendza is a member of the Slovakian PEN centre, which said in an official statement that it would punish him for publishing the poems by withdrawing his membership for one year.

from The Guardian: PEN condemns publication of Karadzic poems
from The Guardian: Books Blog: Should PEN condemn Radovan Karadzic's poetry?

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