Allisen Lichtenstein

Allisen Lichtenstein is an intern with PEN America’s Free Expression Program. She will graduate from Barnard College with a degree in English and a minor in Spanish in the spring of 2019. She has a special interest in the intersection between literature and human rights.


Articles by Allisen Lichtenstein

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Global Free Expression
Friday August 17

Xinjiang: The Free Expression Catastrophe You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

The Chinese government’s “anti-extremism” policies in Xinjiang are a large-scale attack on freedom of expression, and human rights more broadly.