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Free Expression Daily Digest: Monday, September 26
Activist in South Korea dies of injuries from police water cannon, Activist barred from travel after UK seizes passport at Assad's request, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Friday, September 23
Turkey journalist arrested hours after release, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thursday, September 22
Ai Weiwei lawyer sentenced for fraud, web attack backlash against security blogger, and more. More
Four Poems by Gala Mukomolova
What this poet calls slippery, what I call smart. Like it matters, like I’m not / pulling rent money out of a dog’s ass. // I was wrong. I… More
New PEN America Report Shows Growing Pressure on Foreign Correspondents to Bias Coverage in China
NEW YORK—Foreign journalists are operating under intensifying pressure in China during the tenure of President Xi Jinping, impeding transparency and the flow of information essential to the global public… More
Hasan Minhaj and Negin Farsad Counter Muslim Stereotypes with Laughter at PEN America’s ‘The M Word’
"The only way to break that narrative is to write it ourselves." More
Dykes in Print
Graphic artist Jennifer Camper, in a biting new comic, surveys critical reception of lesbians throughout literature. More
The Amazing Adventures of the Censor-Ship!
Make way for the Censor-ship, from which no comic artist is safe! More
But That’s Not Censorship!!
How do we commonly define censorship? It depends who you ask. Here, artist and writer Anne Elizabeth Moore gives voice to the concerns of artists who claim to experience… More
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