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The PEN Ten with Ross Gay
"My responsibility now feels to be, among two thousand other things, to explore what is lovely and necessary and to be adored and cared for and held up." More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., July 7
Thai student activists released, Colombian govt prohibits the publishing of photos of videos of terrorist attacks, Tunisia in state of emergency, and more More
Writers in the Schools: May-June
The Writers in the Schools program has a lot to celebrate. Highlights from the past month include a vibrant field trip to the PEN World Voices Festival this spring,… More
Release of Singapore Teenager Long Overdue, says PEN
The release this week of 16-year-old blogger Amos Yee is long overdue in Singapore, a country where such blatant free expression violations have had damaging consequences for the health… More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., July 6
Egypt threatens journalists, UN privacy officer appointment blocked, Amos Yee released, and more... More
‘The Wounds of the Uyghur People Have Not Healed’
July 5, 2015 is the sixth anniversary of the Urumqi riots in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Ilham Tohti, winner of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award,… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., July 3
UK intelligence spied on Amnesty International, US allegedly spied on German journalists, and what China's new security law means for government control of cyberspace and tech companies. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., July 2
Spain's 'gag law' comes into effect, Jailed Chinese journalist denied medical care, Landmark ruling by Turkey's Constitutional Court, and more More
PEN Gravely Concerned by British Government’s Spying on Amnesty International
The British government’s admission that it spied on Amnesty International is a shocking example of how easily mass surveillance programs can be abused. More
Free Expression Digest: Wed., July 1
NSA will continue mass surveillance program, Journalist gets 10 months in jail for insulting Erdoğan, Two more Chinese netizens charged with subversion, and more More
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