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On Surveillance: A Conversation with the American Reader
The NSA data net kind of has the same relation to the public as an individual person has to a celebrity. The NSA has this false appreciation of the… More
Honduras: PEN Urges Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Protect Journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado
At least 40 journalists have been killed in the country since 2003—35 since the coup d’état in June 2009—while others are facing threats, law suits, and other attacks in… More
The Transparent Chinese
Traditionally, privacy was not taken seriously in China. A traditional saying states, “nothing needs to be withheld from the people,” and that “the good will not be hidden, what… More
Tiananmen at 25: Enforced Amnesia
Memory should never be a crime. We join our colleagues in China and around the world in commemorating the blossoming of freedom of expression on Tiananmen Square in May… More
Commemorating the Massacre: The Tanks and the People
The Tank Man Wang Weilin was not one of the student leaders; he was no intellectual; nobody had ever heard of him. He left behind this short dramatic scene,… More
A Culture of Surveillance
The harms that surveillance brings are not limited to the moment—they ripple out in time and space. College students are silenced so their communities lose a generation of outspoken… More
China: Tiananmen Square 25 Years on
"Not only is the tragedy itself a suppressed piece of history in China, but many of those who protested twenty-five years ago are still being imprisoned, harassed and silenced." More
Obama Administration: Drop Efforts to Force James Risen Testimony
If James Risen is forced to testify, whistleblowers with information about government wrongdoing may be more reluctant to talk to the press, knowing they will have no protection if… More
PEN Myanmar Opens New Office: A New Beacon of Literature and Free Expression
PEN Myanmar celebrated the opening of its new office on Friday in Yangon, capping off a multiyear struggle to establish a functioning center. More
Recommended Reading: Celebrated Translations
Crossing literary borders, these ten translations bring us works from all around the world, including Argentina, Netherlands, Spain, and Ukraine. Award judges Ann Goldstein, Becka McKay, and Katherine Silver… More
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