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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump blocking Twitter users a violation of their First Amendment rights, according to lawyers; fake news unsettles relations in the Gulf; Comey testimony broadcast significant move by TV… More
The Intersection: Let Us Now Parse Famous Men
We must still confront the broader crisis of language—of what to do with a president who defines truth on his own terms…What can writers do in this moment? More
Raid Targeting TV Station a Transparent Attempt to Silence Critics of Indian Government
The June 5 government raid of properties owned by New Delhi Television (NDTV) network founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy is a transparent ploy to harass independent voices in India. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
National Security contractor leaks information on Russian hacking, top U.S. diplomat in China resigns over Paris Accord withdrawal, Harvard rescinds offers over offensive memes, and more. More
The PEN Ten with Lisa Ko
I said I wanted to be a writer, but only to myself—writers were not people who looked like me. More
AZERBAIJAN: Kidnapped journalist must be released immediately
PEN condemns the cross-border abduction and detention of Azeri investigative journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, who vanished from Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on May 29, 2017, and reappeared the following day in… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Post-truth tweets, Internet regulation in the U.K., citizen-journalist monks in Cambodia, and more. More
MYANMAR: Detention of Editor and Columnist Underscores Need to Reform Telecommunications Law
The detention of a newspaper editor and commentator in Myanmar illustrates how the Telecommunications Law is being used as a cudgel against free expression More
DARE to be Informed
Weekly digest of free expression news from the U.S. and around the world More
Press Freedom Groups File Ethics Complaint Against Gianforte
PEN America also wrote to President Trump expressing concern that the White House’s denigration of the media is suborning physical violence against reporters, and urged the president to denounce… More
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