#WithFlowers: Free Expression for China
Despite promises to improve its human rights record, the climate for freedom of expression in China has steadily declined. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former Independent Chinese PEN Center President… More
A Freedom to Write Retrospective: Nay Phone Latt
Each week leading up to the PEN Literary Gala and the conferrence of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award on May 5, PEN will feature the story… More
On the Precipice: Burmese Literature Post-Censorship
How does a country's literature recover after years of mass censorship? James Byrne, poet and founder of the poetry journal The Wolf, has followed the developments in Burma for… More
In Nigeria, the War on Books is Being Fought on Two Fronts
PEN Nigeria warns the UN about encroachments on free expression and digital freedom, as the militant Islam group Boko Haram continued its war against books and the federal finance… More
Writers and Activists Dinh Dang Dinh and Nguyen Huu Cau Released Under an Amnesty, Nguyen Van Ly Remains Imprisoned
PEN welcomes the release of blogger Dinh Dang Dinh and writer and activist Nguyen Huu Cau on March 21, 2014, under an amnesty, and reiterates its call for the… More
PEN Meets with Ye Htut, Suu Kyi
Global writers’ group PEN International has urged senior government officials to introduce laws that improve transparency and protect freedom of expression, especially for minority languages and culture. More
Why Writers Should Fight For Net Neutrality
Net neutrality may be a bland term, but it's still worth fighting for if you're a writer. Why PEN has joined the struggle. More
Poet Omar Hazek Imprisoned
PEN protests the two-year prison sentence handed to Egyptian poet Omar Hazek, who has been held in custody since his arrest in early December 2013 for taking part in… More
PEN American Center Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of ACLU v. Clapper
PEN American Center filed another amicus curiae brief in ACLU v. Clapper as it reaches the Second Circuit on appeal, challenging the constitutionality of the NSA’s mass collection of… More
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