Censorship and Conscience: Foreign Authors and the Challenge of Chinese Censorship
This report illustrates an under-explored dimension of China's massive censorship machine: the censorship of some of the thousands of international titles published annually in China. More
Freedom to Write Award Winner Khadija Ismayilova’s Pretrial Detention Extended
PEN American Center condemns the extension of Azeri investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova’s imprisonment. More
PEN Condemns the Denial of Family Visits or Support in Prison for Ilham Tohti
PEN expresses serious concern over reports that prison authorities in Xinjiang have refused to allow the jailed Uyghur writer and scholar Ilham Tohti to receive visits or support from… More
PEN Joins Renewed Cry for Saudi Activist’s Release
On the one year anniversary of his unjust imprisonment, PEN American Center joins the international call for the immediate release of Saudi writer and activist Raif Badawi and an… More
PEN outraged by yet another deadly attack on a blogger in Bangladesh
PEN American Center is appalled by the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das on the morning of May 12, 2015—the third in a disturbing string of fatal attacks targeting… More
BANGLADESH: Mounting concern for the safety of writers
Bengali writer, editor and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das was killed on 12 May 2015 by religious extremists in the city of Sylhet. More
PEN Urges Congress to Strengthen 2015 USA Freedom Act
The House of Representatives' passage of the USA Freedom Act is a first step towards broad reform of U.S. mass surveillance programs, but must be further strengthened, PEN American… More
Book Groups, Librarians Support USA FREEDOM Act
The Campaign for Reader Privacy, a coalition including PEN American Center and booksellers, publishers, librarians, and authors, is asking the House of Representatives to quickly pass without weakening the… More
PEN warmly welcomes the release of writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse
On 27 April 2015, the award-winning writer and activist Enoh Meyomesse was finally freed from Kondengui Prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon, after almost three and a half years in prison. More
BAHRAIN: Serious concern for the health of academic, activist and blogger Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace.
PEN International is seriously concerned for the health of prominent academic, activist and blogger Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, who has been on hunger strike since 21 March 2015 in protest… More
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