The author publicises plight of imprisoned Syrian activist by sharing the PEN Pinter award for international writer of courage
Salman Rushdie hopes to shin[e] a light on [the] plight of the imprisoned Syrian human rights activist Mazen Darwish by sharing his PEN Pinter prize with the journalist and lawyer.
Darwish, founding president of the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM), a 10-year-old organisation that has documented the human rights abuses in Syria since 2011, was arrested on 16 February 2012, according to English PEN. In March this year, he was charged with publicising terrorist acts. If he is convicted, he could go to prison for up to 15 years.
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