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The PEN Ten with Shawn Vestal
"I can’t remember not wanting to be a writer. As a child I would write creative notes to my parents, and in school at an early age I would… More
PEN Protests the Suspension of Three SABC Senior Journalists
PEN strongly objects the suspension of three senior South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists for covering a Right2Know protest, against the orders of the public broadcaster, outside the SABC… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., June 27
Kenya clamps down on journalists, social media sites create online code of conduct, China moves closer to adopting controversial cybersecurity law More
Announcing the New PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
New PEN Award recognizes twelve emerging fiction writers for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural website More
Mexico: Journalist and writer Héctor de Mauleón threatened for investigative reports
PEN is seriously concerned by the threats received by award-winning journalist and author Héctor de Mauleón for a series of investigative reports he published in El Universal. More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., June 24
Founder of protest reporting outlet goes missing in China, Berta Cáceres' name was on Honduran military hit list, protestors fight Cleveland's plan to restrict free speech More
Gregory Rabassa: Selections
Excerpts from two novels Gregory Rabassa introduced to the English-speaking world. More
Ethiopia: Overturn blogger’s prison sentence
PEN has learned that blogger Zelalem Workagegnehu’s appeal against his sentence of five years and two months in prison on terrorism charges will be heard on July 6, 2016. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., June 23
Pakistani Sufi singer Amjad Sabri shot dead in Karachi, Burma leader Aung San Suu Kyi bans use of Rohingya name, Google & privacy groups contest Rule 41 More
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