Why diversity doesn’t trump speech on campus
In PEN America’s view, the drive for greater equality and inclusion on campus is to be strongly encouraged. More
Konstantin Raikin: “It will offend someone, so what?”
Konstantin Raikin, son of the great Soviet theater personality Arkadiy Raikin and a Head of the Moscow Satyricon Theater, gave a speech at The Union of Theatre Workers of… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wednesday, October 26
Facebook targets Palestinian accounts, Yahoo scanning order unlike to be made public, Azerbaijan sentences youth activist, and more. More
More than 40,000 Americans Call on Justice Department to Investigate Retaliation Against Those Who Document Alleged Police Misconduct
PEN America, the ACLU, and People Demanding Action Petition Attorney General Lynch for Police Training on First Amendment Protections for Citizen Journalists More
Reviewing PEN America’s campus free speech report
PEN America’s report is guided by the recognition that the vital work of protecting freedom of expression in higher education (and beyond) requires teaching today’s students about the transformative… More
PEN America’s report on campus free speech gets the Yale debacle really wrong
PEN report provides an overview of threats to free speech while refusing to label the campus situation a "crisis." More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thursday, October 20
Al Jazeera journalist Hamza Mohamed freed in Somalia Al Jazeera journalist Hamza Mohamed, a British national, has been released from detention by Somali security agents in the capital Mogadishu. He… More
Joint Letter Condemning State of Emergency Provisions in Turkey
Our joint letter condemning the state of emergency provisions in Turkey and their violations of human rights. More
Back to the Bad Old Days: Freedom of Expression ‘Under Siege’ in Nigeria
Despite the passage of time, the evolution of new media channels and an increase in the number of professional and amateur reporters, freedom of expression is still under siege… More