PEN 2021 Annual Report

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MARTHA KUMSA

WE KNOW ABOUT YOU; YOU’RE NOT ALONE

Martha Kumsa is an Ethiopian journalist who was arrested in January 1980 after encouraging ethnic Oromo women to reclaim their cultural heritage. She was imprisoned without charge and tortured. She was released in September 1989 and moved to Canada shortly afterwards.

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