Khaled Lofty
Lofty was arrested and imprisoned on charges of false news and divulging military secrets for translating and distrbuting The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, a book by… More
Geng Xiaonan
Publisher and political activist Geng, and her husband Qin Zhen, were detained in September 2020 on charges of “running an illegal business” operation following Geng’s public support of scholar… More
Amin El-Mahdy
El-Mahdy, a writer and publisher, was arrested on September 9, 2020 because of a Facebook post calling the Egyptian President “a murderer, traitor, coward, and thief.” He was released… More
Dmitry Strotsev
Dmitry Strotsev publishes poetry as a preserver of the “Minsk school of poetry” and has written poetry about the August 2020 Belarusian election and subsequent violence of protesters. On… More
Julian Assange
Assange, publisher of WikiLeaks, was imprisoned in the U.K. in 2019 for violating bail terms. Since September 2019 he is jailed facing possible extradition to the U.S., including on… More
Mehmet Osman Kavala
Kavala, a prominent philanthropist and publisher, was reportedly setting up a cultural center aiming to integrate Syrian refugees into the local community when he was detained on anti-terrorism charges… More
Ayşe Nur Zarakolu
Founder of the Freedom to Publish Commission, Zarakolu was a pioneering female figure in Turkey's literary world. A political essayist herself, she was arrested over 30 times for her… More
Ragıp Zarakolu
Zarakolu is a veteran free expression activist and publisher against book bans, resulting in a catalog of indictments against him dating back to the early 1970s. He lives in… More
Abd Al-Akram Al-Sakka
On July 15, 2011, Abd Al-Akram Al-Sakka was arrested from his home without a warrant. His whereabouts and the conditions of his detention are unknown. Al-Sakka was last seen… More
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The European Union’s executive arm asked its member countries Thursday to better protect journalists amid a rise of physical attacks and online threats against media professionals. https://bit.ly/3kl3zRM
This #BannedBooksWeek, PEN America will host a series of virtual and in-person events that examine the current assaults on the freedom to express, the freedom to read, and the freedom to learn. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3llXGDf.
Russian officials talk of ‘not extending’ my visa. In fact, the FSB has designated me - a journalist - a‘security threat’
I talked to @PENamerica about how Russia needs a free press now more than ever & how local journalists face growing pressure https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-bbc-reporter-expelled-from-russia-then-tough/id1503245440?i=1000535616303
