PEN Welcomes UN Action on Right to Privacy
The UN Human Rights Council’s decision to establish a new Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy is a welcome move towards greater protection of human rights in an… More
On World Poetry Day, PEN Highlights Cases of Persecuted Poets Worldwide
On 21 March 2015, while people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day, PEN will be directing public attention to the imprisonment, murder, and general harassment of poets, writers,… More
PEN Americas Summit Declaration
Delegates from PEN Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, the U.S. and Wales developed proposals for action which represent the beginnings of a new strategy… More
Myanmar: Three Convicted for Facebook Image of Buddha in Headphones
Two managers and the owner of a Yangon pub were sentenced to two years in prison under Myanmar’s religion act, which criminalizes insults to religion. More
NYU Professor Critical of Labor Practices Denied Entry to UAE
This forms part of a pattern in recent years of expulsions, visa denials, and cancellations of teaching contracts for international faculty, who lose the ability to work in the… More
Mexico: Ensure Adequate Resources for Protecting Journalists
Last month, a delegation from PEN Centers around the world, including PEN American Center, visited Mexico City to put the global spotlight on the growing threat to journalists in… More
PEN Joins ACLU Lawsuit to Stop Mass Internet Spying Program
At issue is an NSA program called “Upstream,” through which the government taps into the physical backbone of the internet. More
PEN Mexico Announces 2015 PEN Awards
Mexico City – PEN Mexico has awarded its 2015 PEN Awards to Elena Poniatowska, Darío Ramírez, Federico Mastrogiovanni, Pablo Ferri, and an anonymous Aristegui News reporter, in recognition of… More
India’s Attempt to Ban Film ‘Precisely Backfired,’ says PEN
Made by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, India’s Daughter focuses on the brutal rape and murder in December 2012 of Jyoti Singh, an aspiring medical student in Delhi. On Tuesday,… More
Saudi Arabia: Imprisoned Blogger Raif Badawi May Face Death Penalty
PEN is calling for Badawi’s current conviction to be overturned, for his sentence of flogging to be halted immediately, and for him not to be retried for apostasy More
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