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Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., Mar 24
Vietnam bloggers jailed for publishing anti-state articles, After 27 years, Nobel Panel condemns Rushdie death threats, Professors’ group says efforts to halt sexual harassment have stifled speech. More
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Free Expression Digest: Wed. March 23
Turkish journalist faces prison over 'insulting' politicians, Indian reporter arrested after posting criticism of police, Blogger gets jail term in Singapore for posts said to incite ethnic hatred. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., Mar 22
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., Mar 22PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Subscribe here.… More
German PEN: Facing Challenges to Integration and Hate Speech
In the fourth installment of the PEN World Series, we speak to German PEN about the free expression challenges and literary traditions of Germany. More
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Free Expression Digest: Mon. March 21
Azerbaijan leader pardons 148 prisoners, including activists, Former managing director of a British soccer club acquitted in Dubai tweet case, Cuba arrests dozens of human rights protesters before Obama's… More
On World Poetry Day Take Action for Dissident Poets
World Poetry Day, marked each year on March 21, is an opportunity to celebrate poetry, the power and creativity of language and to speak out for those poets persecuted… More
World Poetry Day 2016: Take Action for Ashraf Fayadh
On this World Poetry Day, take action for Saudi Arabian-born Palestinian poet, artist, curator, Ashraf Fayadh, originally sentenced to death, and now serving an eight-year prison term. More
Turkey: Imprisoned Academics Must be Released
PEN condemns the latest attack on free expression in Turkey as three academics who signed a peace petition in January 2016 were yesterday imprisoned by an Istanbul court on… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri. March 18
Isis kills Syrian poet, journalist sentenced to 10 years in Honduras, search of journalist's phone called 'unconscionable,' and more. More
Joint Statement on the Release of 15 Azeri Political Prisoners & those that Remain in Jail
Sport for Rights coalition's joint statement on the release of 15 Azerbaijani political prisoners and those, like 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write winner Khadija Ismayilova, that remain in… More
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