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
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
Kenya: Cartoonist Dismissed from Paper must be Reinstated or Compensated
News that Kenyan cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa (known as Gado) has been dismissed from the Nation Media Group’s Daily Nation, allegedly due to political pressure, is deeply concerning, PEN centers… More
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Free Expression Digest: Wed. March 16
PEN'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. *This mailing list is currently in… More
PEN Myanmar Welcomes Civilian and Writer as Newly Elected President of Country
PEN Myanmar has high expectations that President Htin Kyaw will try his best to secure the fundamental rights that are prescribed in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, including… More
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Free Expression Digest: Mon. March 14
Rights group calls on Egypt to reverse blasphemy conviction, Turkish government blocks Twitter and Facebook, European rights body to review Poland's new surveillance law. More
Russia: Attack on Journalists Must be Investigated
Yesterday’s vicious attack on a minibus of six journalists and two local activists traveling to Chechnya to investigate reports of torture and murder is a disturbing sign of the… More
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Free Expression Digest: Wed. March 9
PEN'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. *This mailing list is currently in… More
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