Obama’s Surveillance State
The trauma of the wrongly accused is not the only damage wrought by massive and intrusive surveillance; these programs may also harm those who are watched accidentally and mindlessly… More
Will the Armies of Censorship Wear Flip Flops?
At Facebook, a legion of flip flop-wearing staff are on the front lines of free expression battles. Is this a good thing? More
New Approach Needed in Leak Investigations
PEN American Center warns that overzealous investigations in the U.S. threaten press freedom and free expression abroad as well. More
Remember Tiananmen
As Milan Kundera famously wrote, “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” More
PEN’s Letter to President Obama on Press Freedom and Leak Investigations
PEN American Center is deeply disturbed by expanding encroachments on press freedom in the United States in the name of leak investigations, and by the increasingly aggressive nature of… More
Dignity of Lentil Soup
Michele Zackheim's profile on Russian writer and activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky, whose book may soon be banned by authorities. If found to be "extremist" in nature, Dmitrievsky himself will be… More
Four Digital Security Lessons for Writers
Four lessons on digital security from the PEN International Writers in Prison conference. More
Censorship and Power in Iran
As Iran heads towards elections in June, the government is once again engaging in a campaign of arrests, repression and harassment against the media. This evening explores the… More
Censorship and Power in Iran
Maziar Bahari, Jon Stewart, and Joel Simon discuss press freedom in Iran in the run-up to the crucial June presidential election More
China Shuts Down Murong Xuecun’s Microblogging Accounts
A wave of deletions of popular online commentators hits writer Murong Xuecun; Murong hits back in a powerful Guardian essay. More
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