Neil Gaiman and Salman Rushdie Offer to Host The Interview Screening
Neil Gaiman and Salman Rushdie are among a group of authors and poets who have offered to host a screening of The Interview. More
PEN American Center Posts Letter Advocating for Free Speech to Sony Pictures CEO
The hackers behind "The Interview" incident have elicited both anger and fear throughout the country. The PEN American Center has sent a letter to Sony Pictures Entertainment to protest… More
PEN Cheers Release of The Interview
We commend Sony and independent theater owners for standing up to thuggery in defense of free expression. Their actions send a strong message that threats of violence will not… More
Rushdie, Serra, Kushner & Others Join PEN Trustees to Urge Sony Pictures to Distribute The Interview
PEN offers to host a public screening of the film. More
Open Letter to Michael Lynton, Sony Pictures Entertainment Chairman and CEO re: The Interview
If the decision to pull The Interview from all platforms stands, it will represent a lasting blow for free expression, emboldening would-be censors the world over. Impoverishing creative freedom,… More
Turkey: Sociologist Pınar Selek Acquitted For Fourth Time
Turkish sociologist, feminist, and writer Pınar Selek has been acquitted of all criminal charges for the fourth time in a series of trials lasting 16 years. More
PEN Urges Sony to Reconsider Decision to Pull ‘The Interview’
PEN American Center expresses its profound regret at Sony Pictures’ statement that The Interview will not be released on any platform as a result of threats made by unidentified… More
Turkey: Erdoğan Ensnares Journalists in Political Battle
PEN American Center condemns the arrests of Turkish journalists in police raids today that apparently targeted media and police officials accused of being aligned with political opponents of President… More
Writers Call on Attorney General to Drop Risen Subpoena
Efforts to compel journalist James Risen to reveal a confidential source(s) could cement the Obama Administration’s legacy as one of the most hostile to press freedom in U.S. history,… More
End Efforts to Compel Risen to Identify Source(s)
Dear Attorney General Holder, As members and supporters of PEN American Center, an organization representing over 3,500 writers, we write to you today to ask that the Justice Department… More