Writer Ilija Trojanov on being unexpectedly barred from the U.S.
Trojanov, who has been unable to find out why his entry was denied -- or, for that matter, anything else from U.S. authorities -- believes he was blocked because… More
PEN Urges Gov’t to Admit Trojanov Into U.S.
In a letter it issued late Tuesday, the PEN American Center is asking the government to revisit its decision to block Bulgarian-German author Ilija Trojanov, who is a vocal… More
PEN Letter Protesting Exclusion of Ilija Trojanov from the U.S.
On September 30, 2013, German PEN member Ilija Trojanov, a Bulgarian-German writer, was denied permission to board a flight from Brazil to the United States. PEN American Center fears… More
Women’s rights supporters condemn Saudi Arabia as activists ordered to jail
Supporters condemn length of sentences as bid by authorities to silence criticism More
School board relents: Invisible Man is “vulgar,” but it’s back on the shelves
Wednesday night, the Randolph County School Board reversed its ban on Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man, just nine days after they had removed the book from school library shelves. More
The future of media: local voices and the reader’s responsibility
Media are evolving. That we know. But with this transformation has come an influx of new, diverse voices, occupying often unregulated platforms with varying degrees of government control and/or… More
2013 Banned Books Month
Staring on Monday, September 23, PEN will begin posting essays from this year’s Banned Books Month, featuring PEN members, supporters, and staff—writers and editors of all backgrounds and genres—who… More
PEN Presses Cameroon and Ethiopia on Free Expression at the United Nations
PEN led a coalition of human rights groups at the UN Human Rights Council to press for greater free expression in Ethiopia and Cameroon. More
Allow independent journalists in Tibet: PEN Int’l to China
The PEN International Congress urged China to investigate the causes of the self-immolation protests in Tibet with honesty and transparency, and to allow independent international journalists access to the… More
PEN Award Winner Nasrin Sotoudeh Freed
PEN American Center today welcomed the release of Iranian journalist and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, calling it “a victory for all men and women fighting for justice for their fellow… More
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