SEASONS GREETINGS CARD ADDRESS LIST WRITERS IN PRISON OR THEIR FAMILIES Update: December 2012 RUSSIA AND TURKEY

This document provides additional addresses for prisoners in Russia and Turkey and compliments Seasonal Greetings List sent in November 2012 with addresses for other countries. Important notice: the prisoners below represent a variety of religious faiths. Therefore it is not advised that you send cards with overtly religious symbolism to any of the prisoners as this may cause problems. Please send general greetings or tourist cards from your own town, avoiding any reference to Christmas or other religious festivals. Email addresses are given where we have no postal address. Links to websites that provide details of the individuals imprisonment are given in this document. You may also refer to the PEN Internationals website www.pen-international.org. Also to the Writers in Prison Committee Caselist January June 2012 also available on the site http://www.peninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Caselist-January-June-20121.pdf Your message could simply state: You are a fellow writer/journalist who has learned of his/her imprisonment; That you are sending a message of good will in the hope that your card finds the prisoner in good health/spirits Give a return address should the prisoner be able to reply

If you get a reply from the prisoner, please copy to: Sara Whyatt, Writers in Prison Committee, PEN International, Brownlow House, 50/51 High Holborn, London WC1V 6ER, United Kingdom Tel: + 44 (0) 20 74050338 Fax: + 44 (0) 20 74060339 email: sara.whyatt@peninternational.org PEN Centers are also asked not to publish this list on their websites as it contains personal addresses of a number of writers and their families

RUSSIA Nadezhda TOLOKONNIKOVA: Russian political activist and member of feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Arrested in early March and sentenced to two years imprisonment for her groups performance of their punk prayer in Moscows Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/russia-one-pussy-riot-band-member-released-other-twoto-serve-remainder-of-their-sentences-in-penal-colony/ Letters to (you may want to print off the below address and stick it on your envelope/postcard):

431150 . - . , -14, RUSSIA

Nadezhda Andreyevna Tolokonnikova 431150 Rep. Mordovia zubovo-Polyansky district Parca, IR-14, RUSSIA Mariya ALKEHINA: Russian political activist and member of feminist punk group Pussy Riot. Arrested in early March and sentenced to two years imprisonment for her groups performance of their punk prayer in Moscows Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/russia-one-pussy-riot-band-member-released-other-twoto-serve-remainder-of-their-sentences-in-penal-colony/ Letters to (you may want to print off the below address and stick it on your envelope/postcard):

618400 - . 81 -28, RUSSIA

Maria Alekhina 618400 Berezniki Perm Region Ave. Lenina 81 PKU IR-28, Russia

TURKEY Muharrem ERBEY: Lawyer, human rights defender and writer. Arrested in December 2009; remains in pre-trial detention on charges of membership of an illegal organisation. http://www.pen-international.org/muharrem-erbey-turkey-human-rights-lawyer-and-writer/ Letters to: Muharrem Erbey Diyarbakr D Tipi Cezaevi Diyarbakr Turkey

Aye BERKTAY: Writer, translator and feminist activist. Arrested on 3 October 2011; remains in pre-trial detention on charges of membership of an illegal organisation. http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/turkey-pen-international-to-observe-kck-trial/ Letters to: Aye Berktay Bakrky L Tipi Cezaevi Bakrky Istanbul Turkey

Deniz ZARAKOLU: writer, academic, editor and translator. Arrested on 7 October 2011; remains in pre-trial detention on charges of membership of an illegal organisation. http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/turkey-writer-and-academic-deniz-zarakolu-arrested/ Letters to: Deniz Zarakolu Silivri 1 Nolu Hapishane Silivri Istanbul Turkey

Mustafa BALBAY: Writer and investigative journalist. Arrested in March 2009; remains in pre-trial detention on charges of membership of an illegal organisation, attempting to overthrow the government by use of arms and provoking an armed uprising. See caselist: http://www.pen-international.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Caselist-January-June20121.pdf Letters to: Mustafa Ali Balbay Silivri 1 Nolu Hapishane B-3 Alt Kou (BLOK) Silivri Istanbul Turkey