PEN America Signs Joint Letter to President Biden in Advance of Meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu
PEN America joins with other NGOs to request that, during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington, DC, the week of July 22, President Biden urges the government… More
PEN America Condemns Assault and Detention of Palestinian Author Hanan Awwad
"We condemn and are deeply distressed by the assault and detention of Hanan Awwad by Israeli soldiers. The assault is not just an attack on an individual, but on… More
Record Number of Writers Jailed Worldwide in 2023
There were 339 writers from 33 countries jailed in 2023, an increase of 62 writers compared to 2022 and 101 more than in 2019. More
Refaat Alareer
Alareer, a writer and scholar, was also co-founder of the “We Are Not Numbers” project. In December 2023, Alareer and several family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike… More
Ahed Tamimi
Tamimi, a Palestinian activist, is author of They Called Me a Lioness. In November 2023, she was arrested in the West Bank for incitement based on an Instagram post… More
Ahmed Abu Damous
Damous worked in political analysis and translation before founding Facebook and Telegram pages on which he actively published news updates and political commentary. In October 2023, he was arrested… More
Alaa al-Rimawi
In October 2023, Israeli forces raided political analyst, columnist, and J-Media director Al-Rimawi’s home in the West Bank and detained his son, whose arrest they used to pressure Al-Rimawi… More
Imad Abu Awad
As director of the Al-Quds Center for Palestinian and Israeli Studies, Abu Awad shared political analysis and opinion on multiple Facebook accounts, as well as providing commentary to international… More
Khalida Jarrar
Researcher and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine member Jarrar was arrested from her home in the West Bank in December 2023, shortly after the Independent Commission for… More
Mirvat Al-Azzeh
In November 2023, freelance journalist and online writer Al-Azzeh was arrested in East Jerusalem for incitement and identifying with a terrorist organization for four Facebook posts she published following… More
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