Members' Business - Ivan McKee MSP: The Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November - 23 November 2017
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2017-11-23

Ivan McKee: The Day of the Imprisoned Writer, 15 November—That the
Parliament acknowledges that, each year, 15 November marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer,
which commemorates writers around the world who have been imprisoned, threatened or attacked
for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and takes action on their behalf; notes with
grave concern what it sees as the decline worldwide in free expression, as documented by
organisations such as Reporters Without Borders, Amnesty International, PEN International,
Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch; acknowledges the importance of
defending and supporting free expression for every person in Scotland and of protecting persons
persecuted around the world, by state and non-state actors, for exercising their right to free
speech; notes the view that governmental, intergovernmental and civil society partners at home
and abroad should work together to secure protections for writers and others who are persecuted
for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and further notes calls for the day to be officially
recognised every year by the Parliament.

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