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Pussy Riot Members to Appear in Court This Week
Pussy Riot members Maria “Masha” Alekhina and Lucy Shteyn will appear in court this week on charges related to their peaceful activism. More
Xu Zhiyong | Status: Detained | China
Xu Zhiyong is a Chinese writer, legal scholar, and civil rights activist who has been an integral member of China’s most important civil rights movements over the last 20… More
Aung San Suu Kyi | Status: Detained | Myanmar
Aung San Suu Kyi is a writer and pro-democracy activist and daughter of Burma’s independence hero Aung San. More
Open Letter to the President of East Tennessee State University
We write to share our concerns for the First Amendment rights of members of the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) men’s basketball team. More
Avijit Roy | Status: Murdered | Bangladesh
On February 26, 2015, Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy and his wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya were brutally attacked by assailants wielding machetes outside of the Dhaka Boi Mela book fair.… More
PEN America Celebrates Release of Tibetan Language Advocate Tashi Wangchuk
“We’re overjoyed to learn that Tashi has been released from a prison sentence he should never have served in the first place.” More
The PEN Pod: Reckoning and Reconciliation after the Trump Era with Suzanne Nossel
“What we’re confronting on, for example, issues of race is the lingering pain and trauma that persists when there isn’t a full reckoning.” More
The Political is Personal
“Being a ventilator user with a neuromuscular disability compelled me to push back against the societal devaluation of disabled lives.” More
Eskinder Nega | Status: Continued Harassment | Ethiopia
Eskinder Nega, a journalist and dissident blogger who is one of Ethiopia’s leading advocates for press freedom and freedom of expression, served almost 7 years of an 18-year sentence… More
DARE TO SPEAK Confronts Tensions Roiling Debate Over Free Speech
Now more than ever we need a clear, concise guide to cut through the noise and explain what it will take to defend free speech in a diverse, digitized,… More