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IRAN: Prominent Kurdish Filmmaker Keywan Karimi Summoned to Serve Sentence
PEN calls on the Iranian authorities to quash filmmaker Keywan Karimi’s conviction. Karimi is currently serving one year's imprisonment and is required to receive 223 lashes by Tehran Revolutionary… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Donald Trump lashes out at Hamilton and SNL, Egypt jails the head of its journalist union, and more. More
Senate Must Take Hard View at Sessions Appointment, Effect on Free Speech
On the occasion of the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, PEN America urged the Senate to ask probing questions on Senator Sessions’s view towards free speech,… More
PENt-Up: The Trump Team on Free Expression
Trump administration transition officials, rumored appointees, and advisors have denigrated freedom of expression, digital freedoms, and the free press. More
Reflecting on Resistance: Exiled Filmmaker Praises Inspiring Female Activists
Reflections by Iranian filmmaker, Emad Tayefeh, currently living in exile in New York on the women who have inspired him during his years advocating for change in his homeland.… More
2017 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists
From December 5-9, PEN will be rolling out the longlists for our nine book award categories. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Protesters fight to demonstrate during the inauguration, Russia blocks LinkedIn, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Press organizations continue pressure on Trump for press access, journalist in Canada move for press protections, and more. More
AUSTRALIA: Process Kurdish Iranian Journalist’s Asylum Claim
PEN America urges the Australian government to process the asylum claim of Behrouz Boochani, a Kurdish Iranian journalist. Boochani has been held in Australia’s offshore Manus Island Regional Processing… More
Two Poems by Eleni Sikelianos
I was gone and when I came back / you’d voted for the wrong politicians! So many men! / Had I slept for five minutes and found you /… More