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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump's visa ban threatens artistic expression, Conway asks for critical reporters to be fired, China makes arrests in online speech case, and more. More
South Korean Artists’ Blacklist a Threat to Artistic Expression
Recent allegations of the existence of a government-created “blacklist” of artists seen as critical of the Park Geun-hye administration, if true, would represent an institutionalized threat against artistic expression… More
Trump Administration’s Threat to Impose Ideological Test for Immigrants Evokes Dark Chapter in U.S. History, says PEN America
Excluding people from the United States purely on the basis of what they think and believe is unconstitutional and would evoke a dark chapter in our history More
World Writers Join PEN In Solidarity With Turkey’s Imprisoned Writers
This post originally appeared on the website of PEN International. As a high-level PEN International mission ends in Istanbul, Turkey, leading world writers join PEN in a message of solidarity to… More
Mikhail Shevelev: “Don’t Betray What You Stand For’’
Don’t try to combine journalism with material well-being. Don’t betray what you stand for: gender equality, the rights of the LGBT community and minorities (mostly, аs a rule, Jewish… More
Tikhon Dzyadko: “Remain Honest”
Autocracy is not frightening in that it prohibits and intimidates; autocracy is frightening in that it uncovers in man the darkest, the most cynical and low. More
Oleg Kashin: Don’t Rely on a Single Platform
In any case, the important rule is to rely on yourself, and not be bound to one single platform, so that you do not become dependent on it. More
Galina Timchenko: “Work As If No Danger Exists”
Basically, everyone is trying to guess where the boundary of freedom of speech is, the "solid double line" for the crossing of which you will be punished. More
Marina Akhmedova: Don’t Ask but Demand
Become a force, even a small one, that doesn’t ask but demands, a force that will not accept an unfair decision. More
Boris Akunin: When Resistance Ceases, Leave
While there was resistance, I stayed in Russia. When resistance ceased, I left. This was my way of survival, my personal psychotherapy. More