PEN America Urges Illinois Prison Officials to Reverse ‘Troubling’ Decision to Remove 200+ Books in a Prison Library
"The fact that these removed books deal primarily with contemporary racial issues is, unfortunately, not a surprise to us,” said James Tager, Deputy Director of Free Expression Research and… More
DARE: Federal Judge Cites the First Amendment in Throwing out Criminal Charges against Neo-Nazis
A federal judge cites the First Amendment in throwing out criminal charges against neo-Nazis. The Trump administration’s major new travel restrictions on... More
U.S. Government’s New ‘Extreme Vetting’ Policy for Visa Applicants May Curtail Free Expression Online, Says PEN America
“The U.S. government’s new policy is unlikely to provide any real security benefit and instead conjures up the way authoritarian governments seek to limit the free exchange of ideas,”… More
DARE: Tool for Journalists: Newsroom Transparency Tracker, for Assessing Trustworthiness of News
PEN America launches its newest initiative in partnership with the Trust Project: the Newsroom Transparency Tracker that empowers the public to make... More
Newsroom Transparency Tracker Empowers the Public in an Age of Distrust
The Transparency Tracker provides: • A media literacy tool that empowers the public to hone in on reliable sources of news and defend themselves from fraudulent news and misinformation • An accountability tool… More
President’s Tweet Suggesting Boycott of CNN’s Parent Company, AT&T, A Disregard for Press Freedom
"The president's suggestion to boycott a major U.S. corporation because of news coverage that he finds unfavorable makes plain the self-serving, insidious nature of his attacks on the media… More
Stanislav Aseyev’s Detention Approaches Two-Year Mark Amid Global Pleas For His Release
“Stanislav Aseyev’s continued detention confirms that the grave dangers facing journalists covering the conflict in the Eastern Ukraine have not ebbed, but in fact intensified,” said Polina Kovaleva, PEN… More
DARE: State Department to Launch New Human Rights Panel Stressing ‘Natural Law’
State Department will launch new panel stressing human rights "natural law," feared by some as an attempt to narrow protections for women and members of the LGBTQ community. More
DARE: Julian Assange ‘Too Ill’ to Appear for Court Hearing, Says Lawyer
Julian Assange’s lawyers argue he is too ill to appear in court. (See PEN America’s statement on the indictment against Assange.) The Supreme Court rules... More
DARE: Reuters Journalists Wa Lone, Kyaw Soe Oo Receive Pulitzer
Reuters journalists and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write honorees Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo receive their Pulitzer Prizes in person weeks after being released... More