Büşra Ersanli freed pending trial
From the day that the prosecutor ruled my detention, until now, everything has been upside down. I am speechless and now going back to Silivri [prison] to pack my… More
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Enoh Meyomesse: My Time in Kondengui Prison
[caption id="attachment_14989" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Enoh Meyomesse"][/caption] Enoh Meyomesse is the author of 15 books and a founding member of the Cameroon Writers Association. In October 2011, he ran for office… More
PEN to Russia: Human Rights Orgs are not “Foreign Agents”
[caption id="attachment_14703" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Vladimir Putin"][/caption] PEN International and 21 other international human rights and free expression organizations have issued an open letter to the Russian Duma protesting a draft… More
New York Review of Books: Free Eskinder Nega!
[caption id="attachment_11203" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Eskinder Nega, photo by Lennart Kjörling"][/caption] The New York Review of Books has published a PEN-initiated letter calling on President Obama and all world leaders to… More
Postcard from Turkey: Criminal Trials of Major Publishers
[caption id="attachment_14440" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="The Ça?layan Courts of Justice"][/caption] Sara Whyatt, Deputy Director of PEN International, writes from Turkey: Yesterday at the Ça?layan Courts of Justice, Europe’s largest courthouse, situated in ?stanbul,… More
Supreme Court Decision on Stolen Valor Act Promotes Free Expression
The Supreme Court decided in favor of free expression on Thursday by striking down the 2006 Stolen Valor Act. Passed by Congress to "protect the reputation and meaning" of military… More
Mexico Signs New Laws Protecting Journalists
[caption id="attachment_13866" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="photo by archer10 (Dennis) on a Creativecommons license"][/caption] It is encouraging to see that Mexican President Felipe Calderón has signed a new law to protect journalists.… More
PEN International’s Cathal Sheerin on the G20 Summit
Mexico: Leading the G20 in Killing Journalists and Writers The first six months of 2012 saw 8 journalists and writers murdered in Mexico; that shameful statistic puts this summer's G20… More
South Africa: Nobel Laureates and PEN Battle for Free Expression
[caption id="attachment_13498" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Photo by John Sonderman on CreativeCommons"][/caption] We're excited that the UK-based Guardian has reported on the important free expression battles unfolding in South Africa, summarizing international condemnation of… More
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