'This essay by author and lawyer Randa Abdel-Fattah,
presented in Sydney at the special event to mark
The Day of the Imprisoned Writer, is the third in
Sydney PEN's 'Free Voices' lecture and essay program,
running from 2012 to 2014 using funds granted by Copyright
Agency Limited. The program is designed to build public
awareness and concern about freedom of expression, and to
galvanise a larger, broader demographic of supporters who will
challenge human rights abuses and stand up for the freedom to
write and read. It offers new and established writers the opportu
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nity to raise or utilise their profile and express their commitment to
freedom of expression in a contemporary context.' (8)