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Hairy Bacon and Digital Censorship in China: an Interview with Jason Q. Ng
Why is the term hairy bacon banned online in China? We spoke with the author and tech activist to learn more about microblogging, censorship, and what issues to watch… More
PEN South Africa Protests Sentencing of Swazi Editor
PEN South Africa protests the sentencing Swazi journalist Bheki Makhubu, editor of the independent news magazine The Nation, to two years imprisonment. More
Iran: More Arrests of Journalists Shine Spotlight on Continuing Restrictions on Freedom of Expression
This article was posted originally by PEN International on July 30, 2014.The continued detention of three journalists arrested in Iran last week is yet another sign of increased pressure… More
U.S. Senate: Restore Free Expression, Pass Senator Leahy’s Revision of USA FREEDOM Act Before August Recess
Senator Leahy’s bill fixes key weaknesses in the House version of USA FREEDOM, opening up surveillance practices to heightened public scrutiny. More
Her Family Destroyed All Copies of Her Most Prestigious Novel
PEN Haiti celebrated its third annual Libérez la Parole Festival this week, this time in honor of Marie Vieux Chauvet, a doyen of Haitian letters. More
PEN Stands Against Spying
PEN is proud to be part of the Stand Against Spying coalition, a new initiative that presents every single member of Congress’ voting record on surveillance in an easy… More
This Week in Free Expression: July 25, 2014
It wouldn’t be a weekly round-up without more shenanigans—this week from Russia, Thailand, Turkey, and of course, the NSA. More
Mass Surveillance is Censorship
Edward Albee, Don DeLillo, John Green, Rachel Kushner, and twenty-five other leading American writers joined PEN American Center today in an open letter to the Senate leadership demanding National… More
Welcome to Zone 9: Ethiopia
Kality is divided into eight zones. The prisoners found one more zone of their own imagination. They called the rest of the country beyond their compound “zone 9” implying… More
2014 PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Award for Paraguayan Literature
The PEN/Edward and Lily Tuck Prize for Paraguayan Literature was established to assist with the translation of Paraguayan literature from Spanish or Guarani into English. More