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DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
New direction of State Department leaves democracy to fall by the wayside, emboldening illiberal regimes around the world; EPA official resigns, decrying 'temporary triumph of myth over truth'; and… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Scaramucci ouster prompts pundits to ponder whether new White House Chief of Staff may be able to impose some message discipline, Chinese state media accuses Trump of 'emotional venting'… More
August Featured Case: Liu Xia
It appears that, after years of suffering, Liu Xia is still being controlled, restricted, and silenced by China, at the expense of her human rights and her health. More
Editing Book Reviews: A Dangerous Act in Turkey
In the dark age of anti-intellectualism and autocracy, Turkish authorities want to keep the two editors in prison for life. More
A Literary Activist’s Guide to the PEN America Digital Archive
I find archives strangely comforting…they are reminders of what’s recurred and changed, reminders that others were grappling similarly in the past and theirs are the shoulders we stand on. More
CHINA: Concerns for well-being of poet and artist Liu Xia
PEN is deeply concerned for the health and well-being of poet, artist, and founding member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, Liu Xia, following reports that attempts to contact… More
Kirill Serebrennikov: “What remains is art.”
In Russia, it seems, it's no longer possible to be "just" an artist. Art bleeds into politics, and politics into art as the government seeks to hone its control… More
TURKEY: Uphold freedom of expression
A year ago, a bloody coup attempt in Turkey left over two hundred people dead and over a thousand others injured. While we recognize the right of the Turkish… More
PEN San Miguel: Advocating for Journalists in Dangerous Climate for Free Expression
Threat in Mexico is not abstract. Over 70 journalists have been killed here in recent years…Mexico is a terrifying place to be trying to exercise free expression... More
PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Awardee Oleg Sentsov Turns 41 in Prison
July 13 marks the fourth birthday that Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has spent incarcerated on charges trumped up to silence his opposition to the Russian annexation of Crimea. More
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