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The Answer is the Same, Sir
PEN remembers legendary folk singer and activist for social change Pete Seeger (1919-2014). More
Inside the Inside of the Green Monster
"Listen," he said as he closed the door and threw them into darkness. There must have been a light somewhere, but he didn’t turn it on. Her heart rose… More
Notes on North Korea
Slowly I registered that those weeping over the death of the General in these sculptures were not Koreans but Africans, Indians, South Americans, people of all nations lamenting Kim… More
Edward Snowden: Hero or Criminal?
The New Yorker’s Amy Davidson and the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart weighed the prospect of clemency for Edward Snowden last night before an audience of writers, journalists, human rights… More
Human Rights Court Prioritizes PEN Anti-Surveillance Suit
English PEN is leading the charge for privacy and free speech with a legal challenge moving quickly through the European Court of Human Rights, evidenced today by a rare… More
Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity
Since June 2009, at least 32 Honduran journalists have been killed and many more continue to work in a climate of fear and self-censorship. More
Crimes of the Past, Crimes of the Future
A painting of Nativí is on the door to Oliva’s office, one of several memorials on the premises to the disappeared and the dead. She tells us that COFADEH… More
A Kentucky of Mothers
God my poor real mom she would have died. // But people say her eyes contain a twinkle they believe in. When they see it they don't need a… More
King, Obama, and Surveillance Today
As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, it’s worth remembering not only King’s activism but also the actions by our own government to suppress his vision.FBI Director J.… More
Coetzee, Grunberg, Liao Speak Out Against Surveillance
PEN American Center joins Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, award-winning Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg, and exiled Chinese writer Liao Yiwu in expressing profound disappointment today at the limited reach of… More
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