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New PEN America Report Warns About Dangers of Educational Gag Orders
A wave of alarming legislative efforts to limit teaching and learning on topics including racism, sexism, and American history represent a censorious drive to impose viewpoint and content-based restrictions… More
China Must Release Ailing Journalist Who Covered COVID Outbreak
Chinese authorities must immediately release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who is reportedly “close to death” while on hunger strike in protest of her imprisonment for documenting and reporting the… More
PEN America Welcomes Move by US Government to Hold NSO Group Accountable
PEN America commended the decision of the department as a positive first step to combat the dangers of spyware technology. More
PEN America Condemns Sentencing of Five Vietnamese Journalists Who Investigated Corruption
The convictions of the Bao Sach journalists are an example of a larger pattern of Vietnamese authorities imprisoning journalists, writers, and poets for their expression. More
PEN Pals: Nikki Grimes and Padma Venkatraman Discuss Challenged Books
“I created my [Dyamonde Daniel book] series so that emerging Black readers would see themselves represented in that genre.” More
Facebook Must Cease its Legal Intimidation of ‘Doomsday Machine’ TV Producers
Facebook’s legal team has sent a warning letter to Anonymous Content, the production company developing the upcoming TV series ‘Doomsday Machine.’ More
PEN America Announces $10 Million Gift from Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust at the Arizona Community Foundation to Create Freedom to Write Center
The literary and free expression group PEN America announced today that it has received a transformative gift of $10 million from the Edwin Barbey Charitable Trust. More
Colombian Journalist Surveilled, Stalked by Her Government Security Detail Assigned to Protect Her
The illegal surveillance and stalking of journalist Claudia Duque exposes the imminent danger that independent journalists in Colombia face for their work, PEN America said today. More
Imprisoned Cuban Rapper Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Castillo Begins Hunger Strike
Cuban artist Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo began a hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment and Cuba’s broader crackdown on free expression. More
PEN America Denounces Texas House Committee’s Investigation into School Districts’ Books on Race, Sexuality, and Gender
The investigation comes at a time when books addressing these issues are being challenged in schools across Texas. More