The International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) is an independent organisation of cities and regions which offers shelter to writers, journalists and artists at risk of persecution, with the goal of advancing
freedom of expression
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History
It is a successor organization to the Cities of Asylum Network (INCA) established in 1993 by the International Parliament of Writers (IPW) in response to the assassination of writers in
Algeria
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. After the dissolution of IPW in 2003, its activities were continued by the ICORN Administration Center established in
Stavanger, Norway in June 2006 at the Stavanger Cultural Center, Sølvberget. In 2010 ICORN became an independent organization, and in 2014 it voted to expand their support to artists and musicians.
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As of 2022, more than 70 cities have agreed to offer this kind of refuge.]
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Human rights organisations based in Norway
Refugee aid organizations in Europe