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2016 Gala Sponsors
A special thanks to the most generous supporters of the 2016 PEN Literary Gala: Leadership Peter & Pamela Barbey • Bridget Colman • Cathy B. Graham • The Seedlings Foundation… More
The PEN Ten with Tina Chang
"We are each placed here to carry out something quite distinctive, quite separate. That individuality of purpose makes for friction that is very much alive." More
Turkey: Overturn sentences imposed on journalists for news reports on arms transfers
Prison sentences imposed on Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül after their conviction yesterday of "revealing state secrets" are a further demonstration of the lack of independence of… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., May 10
LuxLeaks prosecutors seek jail term of 18 months for whistleblowers, Media insiders in Jordan call for 'constitutionalizing' access to information, Scribes protest in Delhi over press freedom issues in… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., May 9
PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] PEN… More
120 Writers Join PEN America Call for Release of Egyptian Author Ahmed Naji
Chimamanda Adichie, Woody Allen, Michael Chabon, Philip Roth, and more call on Sisi to free novelist jailed for 'violating public modesty' More
President Sisi: Release Ahmed Naji
More than 120 writers and artists join PEN America to protest the unjust imprisonment of our colleague, Egyptian novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji, and request his immediate release. More
Two Countries
In this piece delivered by Sabina Berman at the event Mexico In Two Acts during the 2016 PEN World Voices Festival, Berman delivered her personal view on contemporary Mexico's… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., May 6
PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] Turkish… More
PEN/Roger Klein Award for Career Achievement Winners
2001 Marian Wood, Publisher of Marian Wood Books More
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