Freedom to Write Center
Updates and commentary on global free expression issues from the staff and experts at the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center.
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As the Saudi Government Sponsors Comedy, Let’s Speak Up for Saudi Writers at Risk
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Letter from Jailed Egyptian Poet Galal El-Behairy
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The World’s Longest-Jailed Writers and Journalists: What we know about the writers and journalists detained for more than 20 years in Eritrea
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Remarks Accepting the Freedom to Write Award on Behalf of Galal El-Behairy
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2025 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award Honoree: Galal El-Behairy
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Release of Myanmar Filmmaker An Essential Step in the Battle for Free Expression
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In Iran, a Poet’s Death and a Pattern of Medical Neglect
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Author Margaret Atwood speaks with Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and writer, for TIME magazine
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Update: Writer and prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan receives DFP sponsorship
Learn More: Update: Writer and prisoner of conscience Le Huu Minh Tuan receives DFP sponsorship