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Founding Member of PEN Honduras Fighting Ban on Practice
Julio Ernesto Alvarado is fighting the reinstatement of a 16-month ban on practicing journalism More
Disproportionate Response: Myanmar Journalist Shot Dead
Myanmar journalist Aung Naing was shot and buried by the military on October 4, allegedly as he tried to escape custody. More
Vietnamese Writer-Activist Tortured in Detention
According to reports, Dang Xuan Dieu, has been held in solitary confinement, forced to sleep and eat next to his excrement, denied access to adequate food, clean drinking water,… More
After Ferguson, PEN Calls for New Police Guidelines on Media Freedom
The striking number of violations of press freedom during the Ferguson, MO protests reveals an urgent need for better training for police on media freedoms during public demonstrations, PEN… More
Vietnamese Journalist and Blogger Dieu Cay Released from Prison into Exile
PEN hails the release of Dieu Cay by the world's most notorious jailer of bloggers, but protests his forced exile. More
The PEN Ten with Emily St. John Mandel
I sometimes used to describe my time in Montreal as an unmitigated catastrophe, but that was untrue. I got a novel out of it. More
Went the Day Well?
He "died" "in the" battle, then fear / "And" sadness infected my milk / "My" baby "died," "on" "the" boardwalk / I "died" when "you" / Turned "your" car… More
A Land Where the Storyteller is the Story
For Mexicans today, it is hard to interpret the words around us. In the classified section, narco messages appear in the broken thumb language of text messaging. More
The PEN Ten with Maxwell Neely-Cohen
I think that publishers and editors have a great deal of responsibility, but I’m not sure that writers do. Write the best book you possibly can. That’s it. More
Editor Raif Badawi to be flogged 1,000 times in Saudi Arabia
Brutal sentence violates the prohibition against torture under international law. More