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Bangladesh: Murder of Student Continues Assault on Free Expression
NEW YORK—PEN America condemns the brutal killing of a student in Bangladesh today in what appears to be another targeted attack by Islamist militants on those who express dissident… More
April Featured Cases: Mexico’s Free Expression Crisis
This month’s featured cases are three reporters whose stories are emblematic of the dire situation for free expression in Mexico. All three were killed for their outspoken criticism of… More
I Want So Desperately to be Finished with Desire
everyone drags all their past / lovers into bed // all their past beds / & public toilets & foil pipes / & park benches & cutlasses / &… More
Free Expression Digest: Wed., April 6
Myanmar shelves investigation into journalist killing, Israeli intelligence summons female Palestinian journalist, South African reporters attacked by mob. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., April 5
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., April 5PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Subscribe here.… More
The PEN Ten with Burhan Sönmez
"We don’t have to think of limiting our freedom. Instead, we need to find ways to cross the borderlines of restrictions and, when it happens, be ready to pay… More
Azerbaijan: Authorities Detain Writer at Airport in Attack on Free Expression
NEW YORK—Azerbaijani authorities’ detention of writer Akram Aylisli at Baku airport last week showcases the government’s continuing quashing of the right to free expression in the central Asian nation,… More
Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness
He sounded older, twenty at least. I was afraid if we spoke again he would sound older still, that by month’s end he would have surpassed me, his… More
The Sympathizer
The month in question was April, the cruelest month. It was the month in which a war that had run on for a very long time would lose its… More
A Contract Overseas
With Andoy unemployed and my mother scraping to feed us, I couldn't go straight to college, even with a scholarship. We both spent the next twelve months mopping floors More