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Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., May 17
Website photographer is the latest journalist jailed in Egypt, coalition calls for Malaysian Parliament to reject Internet law provisions, and more More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Mon., May 16
Two journalists in India are fatally shot, Palestinian journalist sentenced to nine months in Israeli jails, India journalist arrested over Muslim yoga ban report. More
In Love, Post-Apocalypse
For a long time, Nathalie’s outline has remained calcified in the bed with her ghost. The weak sun illuminates its contours and every morning I leave the sheets loose… More
Myanmar: Poet on trial for defamation
PEN calls on the Myanmar authorities to drop all charges against poet and PEN Myanmar member, Maung Saung Kha. More
May Featured Case: Ahmed Naji
This month, PEN features the case of 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award winner Ahmed Naji, whose case is emblematic of the widening and escalating crackdown on free expression… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., May 13
Ethiopian journalist on declining press freedom in his country, Sudanese journalist held without charges, U.S. envoy targets Egypt at U.N. over crackdown, and more More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., May 12
China sentences man to seven years in jail for watching 'sensitive' film, Hungary journalists build new site after controversy, Migrant deal in question as Turkey refuses terror law change. More
Five Poems by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza
No one says what they mean / and people die from it. / Where did this world come from? / Not nowhere. / Not nothing. / The dead trans… More
Jonathan Cohen’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Jonathan Cohen. He is the translator of Ernesto Cardenal's Pluriverse et al. He edited Muna Lee's A Pan-American Life, and is the editor of… More
Alta L. Price’s Tribute to Edith Grossman
This tribute was written by Alta L. Price. She is the translator of Jürgen Holstein's The Book Cover in the Weimar Republic and Corrado Augias' The Secrets of Italy… More