the Question applies to the two imprisoned Catalan people fought for Catalan independence, in which PEN International has been influential for their release. Jennifer Clement, current president of the organization, called the charges against him for ”clearly excessive”.
It also issued a written protest signed by the other PEN members, such as the irish author Colm Tóibín. It was Vargas Llosa to react violently, and called the protest for ”full of lies and slander against the Spanish democracy”. The author therefore chose to leave the PEN in protest, writes The Guardian.
