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PEN condemns the brutal murder of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu
PEN is appalled by the murder of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu on March 29, 2015, near his home in Begunbari, Dhaka. More
The Russian Woodpecker
Winner of a Grand Jury Prize at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, this conspiracy thriller documentary follows eccentric Ukrainian artist Fedor Alexandrovich as he unmasks a Chernobyl disaster cover-up… More
Blessed Bodies
"Y-land had no marriage system but was famous for its prosperous sex industry. Even bartering was allowed: when the male clients could not afford to pay, they could obtain… More
2015 PEN Literary Gala & Free Expression Awards
Read full transcripts of the gala remarks here. Khadija Ismayilova 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Khadija Ismayilova is an Azerbaijani journalist knownfor her hard-hitting investigative reporting on official corruption. After… More
2015 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award
Charlie Hebdo"Being shocked is a part of democratic debate. Being shot is not." -Gerárd Biard, Editor-in-Chief of Charlie Hebdo (Read the full remarks from the 2015 PEN Gala award presentation here.)At… More
from The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi
The pirate is the child of the man. The child of the man tells a tale. The tale entails counting. Counting relies on natural numbers. Natural numbers do not… More
A Day in Dala with PEN Myanmar
An account of eight days in Yangon talking to writers, journalists, publishers, activists, and politicians about their experiences of the current state of freedom of expression in Myanmar ahead… More
PEN Welcomes UN Action on Right to Privacy
The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to establish a new Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy is a welcome move towards greater protection of human rights in an… More
2015 PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award
Tom Stoppard "The idea of society is not intelligible to me without the idea of the artist, the poet—there were no… More
2015 PEN Publisher Honoree
Markus Dohle"Through books, we can bring greater freedom to both the individual and our global society. Books can set us free." (Read Markus Dohle's full remarks from the 2015 PEN… More
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