PEN America Condemns the Deplorable Attack Against Zimbabwean Comedian Samantha Kureya
August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019
NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Abduction and Beating is a Grave Violation of Artistic Freedom
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The reported abduction and beating of well-known Zimbabwean comedian and satirist Samantha Kureya, seemingly carried out in retaliation to her criticism of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF party, is a reprehensible act of intimidation and threat to freedom of expression, PEN America . . .
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- Abduction and Beating is a Grave Violation of Artistic Freedom
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The reported abduction and beating of well-known Zimbabwean comedian and satirist Samantha Kureya, seemingly carried out in retaliation to her criticism of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF party, is a reprehensible act of intimidation and threat to freedom of expression, PEN America . . .