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Free Expression Daily Digest: Friday, September 30
Bulgaria bans burqas in public, Saudi Arabian teen arrested for online videos, and more. More
Another Journalist Assault Signals No End to Russian Repression
Journalist Grigory Pasko was accosted by two muscular men in dark glasses. One of the men punched Pasko in the head, knocking him to the ground as the other… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thursday, September 29
Journalist escapes Syrian captivity with baby, Iran upholds 16-year sentence for human rights advocate, and more. More
from Young Americans
because in those days / our boys / the boys that were a part of me / of my life / were the ones who went to the slaughter… More
PEN America Continues to Broaden Leadership and Address New Challenges to Expression
UPDATED March 9, 2017 NEW YORK—PEN America has named to its Board of Trustees Lauren Embrey (President and CEO, Embrey Family Foundation), Saeed Jones (Culture Editor, BuzzFeed), Zachary Karabell (author, The Leading Indicators: A… More
A Poet’s Return: Pavel Šrut’s Worm-Eaten Light
"For 10 years after Worm-Eaten Light was banned, Pavel couldn’t write poetry even if he’d wanted to because it had lost its meaning in new reality of normalization. Through… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wednesday, September 28
Jordanian writer assassinated, protests after Taiwan media barred from summit, Somalia journalist shot in capital, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tuesday, September 27
Iran releases Canadian-Iranian professor, Turkish courts order Twitter to shut down accounts, and more. More
Silenced Without Proof: On Soft Censorship
"Since I can’t be the only cultural producer to fail to name the mechanism of their own silencing in the moment, this sets up an interesting possibility: that the… More
Banned Books Week: Book Challenges May Deprive Students of Critical Life Lessons
Censorship in schools and libraries is more prevalent than you think, says new report NEW YORK—A persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools and libraries, combined… More