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- PEN International will deliver a letter demanding proof of life for 12 Eritrean writers to the London embassy on 18 September 2026.
- The letter, signed by 188 writers such as Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and J.M. Coetzee, is dated 18 September 2026.
- The Proof of Life campaign launched on 26 June 2026, the International Day for Victims of Torture.
- The 12 writers, including poet Amanuel Asrat and journalist Dawit Isaak, were arrested in 2001.
