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Chinese Efforts to Quash Human Rights Campaigns Rippling Out of Control
A string of disappearances and arrests of over 100 human rights lawyers in China in the past week is the boldest move yet in Beijing’s sprawling campaign to destroy… More
Oh, The Places You Will Go!
“Stay? Go?”—the choice, the freedom to choose suffocating like a plastic bag atop her head, a hijab tied around her neck, as if an answer would erase doubt, a… More
Mexico: Four Journalists, Two Weeks, Zero Arrests
The recent deaths of four journalists in Mexico in the last month—three of them in the space of a week—is a harrowing reminder of the dangers facing media professionals… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., July 10
China frees journalist who reported on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, writings of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi soon to be published for English-speaking audience. More
Five ‘Zone 9’ Bloggers and Journalists Released in Ethiopia
The release from prison of five of the Zone 9 bloggers and four journalists in Ethiopia ahead of President Obama’s visit this month is a step in the right… More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., July 9
Ethiopia releases some of the Zone 9 bloggers, FBI wants 'backdoor access' to encrypted communications, and more... More
Free Expression Digest: Weds., July 8
Malaysia adjourns sedition case against cartoonist Zunar, China's draft cybersecurity law increases censorship, and more... More
Two Poems by Mark Cugini
A white man says we need to set a higher bar for / terrorism and then rides off my timeline on a police horse. There's nothing new / I… More
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
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