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Scaramucci’s Threat to Sue Tufts Student and Newspaper A Baseless Attempt to Silence Criticism
Scaramucci’s threat to sue a Tufts student and the school newspaper is a baseless attempt to silence criticism fully protected by the First Amendment. More
Myanmar’s Slow Strangulation of Online Speech
While Saung Kha was one of the first poets arrested and imprisoned under Article 66(d) of Myanmar’s Telecommunications Law, he would not be the last. More
Turkish Courts Set to Begin Hearings of Purged Dissidents in Academia
The continued targeting of academics in Turkey sends a chilling signal on freedom of thought and expression in institutions of higher education. More
DARE: How a Radio Shack Robbery Could Spur a New Era in Digital Privacy
Supreme Court set to consider government collection of cellphone data in case that could shape privacy law for the digital era. More
Conflict Deepens Between the Russian Ministry of Culture and Leading Cultural Figures
Cultural figures like Raikin resist, and while we do not know who will win in this fight, it is likely that history will remember the names of Serebrennikov and… More
DARE: The Degrading Ritual of Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s Pre-Thanksgiving Press Briefing
Sarah Huckabee Sanders's treatment of the White House press corps, asking them to list what they were thankful for before asking their questions, draws... More
From Nigeria to New York: A Writer at Risk Joins Fordham University’s Faculty
Ugbabe’s fiction delves deep into the fabric of Nigerian life, exploring the psyche and identities of women as they negotiate their way through changing situations and circumstances in life. More
Saudi Arabia: Raif Badawi spends his 2000th day behind bars
PEN condemns the ongoing arbitrary detention of blogger Raif Badawi, currently serving a 10-year sentence in Saudi Arabia. PEN is also deeply concerned that the Saudi government will continue the lashing… More
DARE: Election officials move closer to placing new rules on Facebook and Google
Election officials moved towards regulating political ads on online platforms including Facebook and Google. White House aides said to have given up on... More
Fordham University Welcomes Writer at Risk in Residence Kanchana Ugbabe with PEN America and Artists at Risk Connection
As a writer and South Asian woman settled in an increasingly unstable part of Nigeria, the risks and uncertainty became personal, reaching her hometown, Jos. More