The International Cities of Refuge Network is an association of cities and regions around the world dedicated to the value of Freedom of Expression.
Protection
ICORN Cities offer persecuted writers a safe haven where they can live and work without fear of being censored or silenced.
Promotion
ICORN supports the artistic endeavours of its guest writers and promotes new spaces for intercultural dialogues worldwide.
WRITING FREEDOM: Report from a succesful network meeting in Krakow
May 2013 Saved to Network News
An assembly of around 200 writers, human rights defenders and member city representatives, a professional festival office and the City of Krakow made the 2013 ICORN biannual Network Meeting an immense success in the literary city of Krakow on 14-17 May 2013.
ICORN strengthens its headquarters in Stavanger
May 2013 Saved to Network News
ICORN is growing! With support and funds from among others Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) ICORN has strengthened its headquarters in Stavanger with a new administration coordinator and a communication coordinator.
Not yet time to return home
May 2013 Saved to Network News
Chenjerai Hove will participate in the upcoming Milosz poetry festival and the ICORN Network Meeting
For over a decade, previous ICORN guest writer Chenjerai Hove has lived a nomadic life in exile in Europe and the Americas in fear of the consequences of returning to his beloved homeland Zimbabwe. A poet, author, playwright and lecturer, Hove has made it his life’s work to write and educate about his country and bring to light the corruption and abuse of the government of his country. Returning home would be a dangerous move for Mr. Hove.
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