Pamuk, Atwood, Rushdi and Frenzen condemn the bloodshed

The open letter, published by the organization for literature and freedom of expression PEN International, is addressed to writers in Ukraine

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Orhan Pamuk, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Jonathan Frenzen are among more than 1.000 writers from around the world who condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

The open letter, published by the literature and freedom of expression organization PEN International, is addressed to writers in Ukraine and "urgently calls for an end to the bloodshed" that began last Sunday.

"We are united in condemning the senseless war, driven by President Putin's refusal to accept the rights of the Ukrainian people to discuss their future allegiance and history without Moscow's interference," said international writers, including Nobel laureates Orhan Pamuk, Svetlana Aleksievich i Olga Tokarchuk, including Jonathan Frenzen, Colm Toibin i Elif Shafak, writes "The Guardian".

Orhan Pamuk
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"We are united in support of writers, journalists, artists and all citizens of Ukraine, who are experiencing the darkest hours. We stand with you and feel your pain," they added in the letter published in Ukrainian, Russian and Arabic:

"All individuals have the right to peace, free expression and free assembly. Putin's war is an attack on democracy and freedom not only in Ukraine, but throughout the world... There can be no free and safe Europe without a free and independent Ukraine. Peace must prevail!" .

"The Handmaid's Tale" author Margaret Atwood also shared a photo of herself attending a march in Toronto to protest the invasion of Ukraine.

Margaret Atwood
photo: Twitter

"Thousands rally in Toronto; great to hear that Canadian political parties have agreed for once and support Ukraine," she tweeted.

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