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Free Expression Digest: Tues., Sept 8
Dutch journalist arrested in Turkey, Israel to scrap ban on journalists expressing their opinions on air, New Zealand bans book for the first time in over 20 years, and… More
Dispatches from Civitella Ranieri: On the Sixth Day, the Animals. On the Eighth, Jon Kessler’s Curlz.
The third dispatch from PEN Member and poet Natalie Diaz's residency at the Civitella Ranieri castle in Italy. She shares about the animals she encountered, and pays tribute to… More
Texas: Whitewashed Textbooks Headed to Classrooms
New social studies textbooks being used in Texas public school classrooms this fall barely address racial segregation—nor do they mention Jim Crow laws throughout American history, or the existence… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., Sept 4
Turkey frees two VICE News journalists, one remains detained, DOJ says federal agencies need warrants to use cellphone trackers, Israel bans journalists from voicing opinions in newscasts, and more...… More
Syrian Activist and Writer Mazen Darwish Released Uncondtionally
PEN warmly congratulates Syrian activist, journalist and winner of the 2014 PEN Pinter Prize for international writer of courage Mazen Darwish and his colleagues from the Syrian Center for… More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., Sept 3
Lawyer says Turkey arrested Vice News journalists to deter foreign media, China ramps up online censorship ahead of military parade, Cameroon frees journalist arrested for investigating Nigerian refugees, and… More
Free Expression Digest: Weds., Sept 2
Three journalists murdered in two weeks in the Philippines, Vice News fixer hit with terrorism charges 'over encryption software,' Turkish police raid news office, and more... More
Pledge of Allegiance
To Wall / Street, which saw / across the continent plot / by plot & which brought / west ledgers. // The discovery / of writing, Lévi-Strauss says, begets… More
1000 Lashes: Because I Say What I Think
"When I look within, I only see that thin man who miraculously withstood fifty lashes, while a group of people celebrated his pain, repeatedly chanting Allahu Akbar. All for… More