Free Expression Daily Digest: Wednesday, September 28
Jordanian writer assassinated, protests after Taiwan media barred from summit, Somalia journalist shot in capital, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tuesday, September 27
Iran releases Canadian-Iranian professor, Turkish courts order Twitter to shut down accounts, and more. More
Banned Books Week: Book Challenges May Deprive Students of Critical Life Lessons
Censorship in schools and libraries is more prevalent than you think, says new report NEW YORK—A persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools and libraries, combined… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Monday, September 26
Activist in South Korea dies of injuries from police water cannon, Activist barred from travel after UK seizes passport at Assad's request, and more. More
Missing from the Shelf: Book Challenges and Lack of Diversity in Children’s Literature
A persistent pattern of attempts to remove certain books from public schools and libraries, combined with a lack of diversity in Children's and Young Adult (CYA) book publishing, narrows… More
The Challenge of Speech
Suzanne Nossel of the PEN American Center and Trevor Timm of the Freedom of the Press Foundation talk about free expression. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Friday, September 23
Turkey journalist arrested hours after release, and more. More
PEN America reports on Chinese censorship
PEN America has released a new report on media censorship in China. The nearly eighty-page report found foreign journalists have had an increasingly difficult time doing their job since… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thursday, September 22
Ai Weiwei lawyer sentenced for fraud, web attack backlash against security blogger, and more. More
New PEN America Report Shows Growing Pressure on Foreign Correspondents to Bias Coverage in China
NEW YORK—Foreign journalists are operating under intensifying pressure in China during the tenure of President Xi Jinping, impeding transparency and the flow of information essential to the global public… More