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The PEN Ten with Shawn Vestal
"I can’t remember not wanting to be a writer. As a child I would write creative notes to my parents, and in school at an early age I would… More
PEN Protests the Suspension of Three SABC Senior Journalists
PEN strongly objects the suspension of three senior South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists for covering a Right2Know protest, against the orders of the public broadcaster, outside the SABC… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., June 27
Kenya clamps down on journalists, social media sites create online code of conduct, China moves closer to adopting controversial cybersecurity law More
Mexico: Journalist and writer Héctor de Mauleón threatened for investigative reports
PEN is seriously concerned by the threats received by award-winning journalist and author Héctor de Mauleón for a series of investigative reports he published in El Universal. More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., June 24
Founder of protest reporting outlet goes missing in China, Berta Cáceres' name was on Honduran military hit list, protestors fight Cleveland's plan to restrict free speech More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., June 23
Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi, Burma leader Aung San Suu Kyi bans use of Rohingya name, Google & privacy groups contest Rule 41 More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., June 22
Khadija Ismayilova exempted from fine, prosecutions are rare for killers of journalists, CUNY's free expression policy causes debate, and more More
Toward the Great Unity
I was young, always returning to the municipal building, / where an iron lamp hung, a flickering vestige of history. / And when I moved my belongings in with… More
Free Expression Digest: Tue., June 21
Turkey arrests journalists, Hong Kong rallies for Beijing booksellers, Bangladesh police kills suspect in blogger murders More
Turkey: Özgür Gündem ‘Editors-in-Chief on Watch’ must be released
The arrest of two journalists in Turkey who had been participating in a solidarity action with the daily newspaper Özgür Gündem is yet another illustration of the alacrity with… More