PEN America Demands Cuban Authorities Stop Harassing Cuban Writer and Activist
“For weeks, Jorge and Nancy have lived in a constant state of fear as they have been repeatedly harassed, threatened, and detained by Cuban authorities." " More
Persecuted Cuban Artist Being Held, His Location Unknown
"We call on the Cuban government to disclose Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s whereabouts and detention status and to release him immediately.” More
PEN America Calls for the Immediate Release of Independent Cuban Activist
“Jorge Olivera Castillo and Nancy Alfaya’s arrest, just a mere weeks after a previous arrest on September 30, is evidence of the Cuban government’s intolerable efforts to silence independent… More
PEN America Says Arrest of Cuban Artists Part of an Ongoing Campaign of Harassment
“The arrest of Nancy Alfaya and continual harassment she and her husband Jorge Olivera Castillo have experienced are part of a deeply disturbing trend of silencing independent artists and… More
Miami City Commission’s Ending “One-Way Cultural Exchange” with Cuba an Absurd Approach to Protesting Artistic Repression
Restricting cultural exchange and artistic expression is an absurd way to address the repressive environment for artistic freedom in Cuba. The Miami City Commission is right to be outraged… More
Institutionalizing Censorship: Cuba’s Decree 349 Poses Expansive Restrictions on Artistic Freedom, PEN America Artists at Risk Connection White Paper Warns
Sounding the alarm on the Cuban government’s grave new policy with potentially catastrophic effects for independent artists, PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) issued Art Under Pressure: Decree… More
Arrest of 11 Cuban Artists an Intolerable Affront to Free Expression
“This repression is not new, but represents a continuation of the Cuban Ministry of Culture’s policy to intimidate and censor critical and independent artistic voices” - Julie Trébault, Director… More
Indamiro Restano Diaz | Status: Released | Cuba
Journalist, poet, and activist Indamiro Restano Diaz has been hailed as “the father of independent journalism” in Cuba for his pioneering leadership roles in multiple free press organizations. He… More
Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias Released; Two Other Writers Remain Imprisoned
PEN International welcomes the release of the independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias. More
Normando Hernández González | Status: Released | Cuba
Normando Hernández González is a Cuban writer and independent journalist imprisoned during Cuba's Black Spring on March 18, 2003. He was released in a wave of amnesty on July… More
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Kansas state prisons are continuing to block access to literature by banning hundreds of titles, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel #TheOverstory, as well as books by @neilhimself, Toni Morrison, and Nora Roberts. Read PEN America's statement here: https://bit.ly/358C2cp
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