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Free Expression Digest: Tues., June 7
Followers of murdered Pakistani activist will not be silenced, Honduras gay rights activist murdered, more African countries block internet access during elections More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., June 6
Getting rid of "hate speech," NPR photographer and interpreter killed in Afghanistan, and Sudanese protest makes bold return. More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., June 3
Severely tortured Guantánamo detainee Mohamedou Slahi makes case for freedom, journalists assaulted covering food protests in downtown Caracas, and more More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., June 2
Chinese minister vents anger when Canadian reporter asks about human rights, Iran's journalists at risk from messaging app, prominent Egypt journalist facing trial More
Free Expression Digest: Wed., June 1
Yemeni reporter killed covering clashes, Philippines president Duterte blames corrupt journalism for media killings, Kiev introduces sanctions against 17 Russian media executives More
June Featured Cases: Tiananmen, 27 Years Later
This June, our three featured cases are emblematic of the harsh and varied tactics China utilizes to stifle free expression and stamp out dissent. They also represent the resiliency… More
Scrambled Eggs
Plunder culture, culture plunder / Going into debt so as to be employable so as to slowly pay off that debt, or never, or having been born into it,… More
Colombia: kidnapped journalist and author released by guerrilla
PEN is delighted to report that the veteran Spanish-Colombian journalist and author Salud Hernández-Mora was released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group on the afternoon of May… More
The PEN Ten with Jean Guerrero
"Censorship of others is a form of violence. It is unacceptable unless the speech or information flow would somehow lead to worse violence." More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., May 31
Indian police try to block Facebook video mocking Sachin Tendulkar, video of Japanese journalist held hostage in Syria surfaced, and more. More