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Leading Activist and Editor Hada Remains Detained; Fears for Safety
PEN International is seriously concerned by the reported continued detention of Hada, editor of The Voice of Southern Mongolia and leading rights activist, who completed a 15-year prison term… More
Eynulla Fatullayev Freed After Four Years in Prison
PEN International is delighted to learn of yesterday's release of Eynulla Fatullayev, a journalist who had become emblematic of the struggle for free expression in Azerbaijan. More
Congress Fails to Protect Reader Privacy Again
Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and authors today expressed frustration and disappointment at the decision by Congress yesterday to reauthorize the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act for… More
Writer and Academic Detained Without Charge
Prominent Palestinian writer and academic Dr. Ahmad Qatamesh has been held without charge by the Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank since April 21, 2011. More
Journalist Acquitted After Three Years in Prison; Fears for Safety
El Tiempo journalist and director Jesús Lemus Barajas, jailed since May 2008, was finally acquitted of drug trafficking charges and released on May 11, 2011. More
Book Community Urges Congress to Restore Safeguards for Bookstore and Library Records
With a key Patriot Act provision set to expire next week, the Campaign for Reader Privacy is asking supporters to urge their members of Congress to reject a six-year… More
Journalists Receive Pre-Election Death Threats
César Levano and Arturo Belaúnde, editor and president of the Board, respectively, of the daily newspaper La Primera, have both received death threats prior to the second round of… More
Writer Detained; Fears for Safety
Najati Tayara, a writer and editor who was covering the protests currently taking place across Syria, is being held incommunicado as of May 12, 2011. More
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
The Fist of Empowerment2 April 2008Deep into the night, in pursuit of the westward escaping sun, we fly into a fogbank, where the cold Atlantic breakers curdle upon the… More
Wait, Blink
But: That’s not possible, her lecturer said. How do you expect the audience to see anything at all on a backlit screen? It’ll fade out the film and make… More