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Free Expression Digest: Wed. Februray 17
Israel briefly detains two Washington Post journalists, second sedition arrest in India as former lecturer is held, Apple opposes order to help unlock California shooter's phone. More
Research Consultant on Campus Speech
Research Consultant on Campus SpeechPEN seeks a consultant to research and write a report detailing current challenges to academic freedom and free speech on US university campuses. The report… More
Free Expression, Publishing, and Bookselling Organizations Urge Hong Kong to Take Action on Missing Booksellers
Free expression advocacy, publishing, and bookselling associations representing six continents have sent a letter to Hong Kong's government urging it to do everything in its power to investigate the… More
Bahrain: Charging of U.S. Journalists Signals Kingdom’s Ongoing Hostility towards Free Speech
Bahraini authorities’ decision to arrest and charge four U.S. journalists for reporting on a protest marking the fifth anniversary of pro-democracy uprisings in the kingdom is a clear violation… More
India: PEN Delhi Condemns Attack on Journalists Covering Sedition Hearing
Statement by PEN Delhi condemning the attack on journalists assembled in a court complex in Delhi to report on a court hearing of Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) student president… More
The PEN Ten with Hayan Charara
"When it comes to the censorship of Arab or Muslim lives, the 'unacceptable parts' are usually not of books or movies but of entire realities." More
Free Expression Digest: Tues. February 16
Iran arrests cartoonist as free expression crackdown continues, Four journalists arrested in Bahrain while filming demonstration, French court rules Facebook can be sued for removing nude painting. More
Introducing the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize Finalists
PEN America is pleased to announce the ten finalists for the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, founded by Barbara Kingsolver. The award is presented biennially to the… More
The Book Report: Khadijah Queen
I became a poet because I love and am addicted to how poetry changes me, and I want to celebrate work that does so spectacularly. More
India: Journalist Must be Protected from Further Harassment
The recent harassment of Chhattisgarh-based journalist, Malini Subramaniam is a deeply worrying development for freedom of expression in India, PEN said today, as it called on the Indian authorities… More