Fighting The Sad Scourge of Our Times
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
PEN International to Mexican Government: Killings of Journalists Must End
A delegation of PEN International today reiterated its call for “immediate and definitive action” to end the killings of journalists in Mexico. Calling the mounting death toll “an assault… More
PEN Protesta! Kicks Off
John Ralston Saul, Russell Banks, and Elena Poniatowska from PEN American Center, Marian Botsford Fraser from PEN Canada, and many others from PEN International and centers in Europe and Asia are traveling to Mexico… More
Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Ten years after the first detainees of America’s war on terrorism arrived at Guantanamo Bay, we must ask ourselves: What needs to be done to repair the damage caused… More
Media Advisory: PEN PROTESTA!
PEN International and the PEN Club de México present “PEN Protesta! In Support of Journalists and Freedom of Expression,” a public demonstration of solidarity and a demand for accountability… More
China Advocacy: Subversive Poetry, Prison, and Exile
All across the world, we at PEN have noticed a trend against freedom of expression: the number of journalists targeted for persecution is on the rise while the number… More
The Torture Report
Sometimes the truth is buried in front of us. That is the case with more than 140,000 pages of government documents relating to the abuse of prisoners by U.S.… More
Artists Declare State of Emergency in Belarus
An appeal to: Baroness Cathy Ashton, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, U.S. President Barack Obama, Spanish… More
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Calls the NYPD “My Own Army”
During a speech today at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg explained why he prefers City Hall to the White House: “I have my… More
PEN Files UN Free Expression Reports on Bahrain, Ecuador, and South Africa
PEN submitted two more submissions—one on Bahrain and one on Ecuador—to the Universal Periodic Review at the UN, the process that reviews the human rights record of all member… More