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Poet Omar Hazek Imprisoned
PEN protests the two-year prison sentence handed to Egyptian poet Omar Hazek, who has been held in custody since his arrest in early December 2013 for taking part in… More
Three Poems by Soren Stockman
My lust comes home. Two skeletons / that cannot possibly speak, and don’t, / do not, as I comfort her. The silver buttons on her dress / mellifluous.… More
The PEN Ten with T Cooper
I was at dinner with my folks the other night, and my dad was telling me about a time I was about five, and we were in another country,… More
PEN American Center Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of ACLU v. Clapper
PEN American Center filed another amicus curiae brief in ACLU v. Clapper as it reaches the Second Circuit on appeal, challenging the constitutionality of the NSA’s mass collection of… More
Turkey: End Human Rights Violations Against Writers and Journalists
A new PEN report documents numerous examples of intimidation, judicial harassment, and violence against writers, as well as a troubling trend toward self-censorship, during and after the Gezi Park… More
Public Letter from Russian-language Writers in Kharkov, Ukraine
We, Russian writers of Kharkov and citizens of Ukraine, don’t need the military protection of another State. We don’t want another State—hiding behind the rhetoric of protecting our interests—to… More
PEN Highlights U.S. Government Surveillance at the UN
PEN submitted a list of pressing concerns about privacy and surveillance to the UN Human Rights Committee in its review of the United States. More
PEN Urges Venezuelan Government to End Violence Against Journalists
Venezuelan media outlets have been reluctant to cover the protests and resulting abuses, including excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions, and at least 13 deaths since February 12, due… More
Letters from Ukraine
The piece originally appeared on Poetry International's website on March 7, 2014. Letters from UkraineThis week, Russian troops invaded Crimea. Putin claims this invasion is an effort to protect the Russian-language population of… More
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