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PEN America Mourns the Death of ‘Writer’s Writer’ Paul Auster
PEN America mourns the death of prolific author and longtime friend of PEN Paul Auster, who died on Tuesday at age 77. More
Record Number of Writers Jailed Worldwide in 2023
There were 339 writers from 33 countries jailed in 2023, an increase of 62 writers compared to 2022 and 101 more than in 2019. More
Kremlin Crackdown on Foreign and Independent Media Intensifies with New Arrests
As Russia closes itself off from the rest of the world, journalists are risking their lives to report independent news to help people understand what is happening in the… More
Dilshat Oralbai
A Chinese-born Kazakh translator and musician, Oralbai was arrested upon his return to Xinjiang in May 2018 and taken to a concentration camp. In August 2019, his family received… More
Viktor Shenderovich
Satirist Shenderovich fled Russia after he was designated as a “foreign agent” in December 2021. He has lived in exile since, but faces continued repression. Reports emerged in 2022… More
Dmitry Bikov
Bikov, the author of over 90 books, survived an assassination attempt in 2019 and left Russia in 2022 after its invasion of Ukraine. In October 2022, he was fined… More
Aleksandr Byvshev
Poet Byvshev was detained in February 2023 for an anti-war poem. A case of “calling for terrorism” was opened against him, and he was sent to pre-trial detention. Rights… More
Aleksandr Nozdrinov
Nozdrinov, a blogger, was searched and detained in March 2022 for his online activity after posting photos of demolished buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine. In September 2023, he was sentenced… More
Alsu Kurmasheva
Kurmasheva, a Russian-American reporter with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was briefly held at the airport in June 2023, and then charged with failing to register as a foreign agent… More
Boris Kagarlitsky
Kagarlitsky, a Marxist sociologist who posts opinion and commentary online, is vocally opposed to the Russian war in Ukraine. He was designated as a foreign agent in May 2022,… More
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