Dawit Isaak | Status: Detained | Eritrea
Dawit has been held in prison for more than a decade without being charged or brought to trial by the Eritrean government. He is a playwright, writer, and co-owner… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Mon., November 2
Petition urges pardon of Iranian poets, Al Qaeda claims responsibility for Bangladesh attacks, and China Xinjiang Daily editor is sacked. More
Over One Hundred Poets Rally with PEN in Support of Iranian Colleagues
Pinsky, Rankine, and more urge Ayatollah to halt flogging of poets convicted for their work NEW YORK—More than one hundred of the most prominent names in poetry, including Robert Pinsky,… More
PEN Outraged by New Attacks on Bangladeshi Bloggers and Publishers
PEN American Center expresses outrage at a spate of religiously motivated attacks on October 31 that left a Bangladeshi publisher hacked to death and three others wounded in two… More
Poets Rally for Iranian Colleagues
We the undersigned poets join with PEN American Center to appeal for the immediate nullification of the sentences given to poets Fatemeh Ekhtesari and Mehdi Mousavi. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., October 30
UK police cite terrorism to seize BBC laptop, writer released in Tibet, and librarian facing 5 years in Russia. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., October 29
Blogger Raif Badawi gets Sakharov Prize, BBC journalist's laptop seized, and 155 Ghanaian journalists call for sanctions against presidential aide. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., October 28
Maldivian news site hacked, Police raid Turkish media group, and Romanian press freedom remains elusive. More
Over 60 writers join PEN in challenging censorship of Ubud Writers and Readers Festival
In response to Indonesian censorship of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival opening today in Bali, over 60 writers including Michael Chabon, Teju Cole, Porochista Khakpour, and Colm Tóibín… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., October 27
Egypt arrests three journalists in five days, Free Alaa Abdel Fattah campaign stirs social media, and the Ubud Writers Festival is censored. More
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