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Joint Letter Calling on Bahrain to Release Abduljalil al-Singace
Bahraini prisoner of conscience Dr Abduljalil al-Singace today hits a milestone 160 days of hunger strike as rights organisations appeal for his freedom. Forty-one international NGOs today released an… More
Published PEN/Heim Translation Fund Projects
The PEN/Heim Translation Fund was established in the summer of 2003 by an endowed gift of $730,000 from Priscilla and Michael Henry Heim in response to the dismayingly low… More
PEN Condemns the Senseless Killings of Alison Parker and Adam Ward
PEN American Center condemns the senseless killings of reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward of Virginia’s WDBJ7 news station, who were shot to death this morning during a… More
Khadija Ismayilova’s Trial Adjourned until July 31st
Khadija Ismayilova's trial continued today in Azerbaijan as Judge Ramella Allahverdiyeva overturned defense motions for judicial investigation of spurious charges. Ismayilova is expected to give her statement when the… More
Free Expression Digest, Weds. Aug 26
Khadija Ismayilova's trial postponed till Friday, reporter and photographer shot dead during live broadcast in Virginia, Russia reverses ban on Wikipedia, and more... More
Two Poems by Ben Mirov
Master of fine art? More like paper / airplane disaster factory. // Gerard Manley Hopkins? / More like a clod of Earth flung skyward / towards God's stupid face. More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., Aug 25
Russia sentences filmmaker to 20 years, Bangladesh bans Rana Plaza film, arrests made in missing Sri Lanka journalist case, and more... More
The PEN Ten with Dunya Mikhail
"When I came to America, I found that censorship had no home on the ground, but it was somehow in the air, implicit. Speech here is usually restricted to… More
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