Georgia: Release Renowned Poet and Translator Zviad Ratiani
July 02, 2025
July 02, 2025
LONDON, England, July 2 -- PEN International issued the following news:
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Georgia: Release renowned poet and translator Zviad Ratiani
'Zviad Ratiani is facing overly harsh criminal punishments on account of his dissenting views. We continue to stand with the brave people of Georgia as the authorities persist in clamping down on fundamental rights at an alarming speed', said Ma Thida, Chair of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committ . . .
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Georgia: Release renowned poet and translator Zviad Ratiani
'Zviad Ratiani is facing overly harsh criminal punishments on account of his dissenting views. We continue to stand with the brave people of Georgia as the authorities persist in clamping down on fundamental rights at an alarming speed', said Ma Thida, Chair of PEN International's Writers in Prison Committ . . .