Venezuela Crisis: UN and Inter-American experts raise alarm at deterioration of media freedom
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, and the Inter- American Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Edison Lanza, raised… More
Brazil: authorities must investigate killing of second online political journalist
As international media attention intensifies on Brazil and its preparations to host the Olympic games from next week, the fatal shooting of political journalist João Miranda do Carmo highlights… More
Joint Letter: Obama and Trudeau Must Call for Charges Against Turkish Journalists to be Dropped
PEN America has joined several media and human rights organizations in letters to United States President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of the NATO summit… More
PEN Protests the Suspension of Three SABC Senior Journalists
PEN strongly objects the suspension of three senior South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists for covering a Right2Know protest, against the orders of the public broadcaster, outside the SABC… More
Azerbaijan: Free prisoners before Baku Grand Prix race
The Formula One Group leadership should urge the Azerbaijani government to release unjustly imprisoned activists and journalists ahead of the European Grand Prix in Azerbaijan, said the Sport for… More
Mexico: Authorities must solve killing of second journalist in Veracruz
The Mexican authorities must investigate the fatal shooting of journalist Manuel Torres from Veracruz State on May 14, 2016, as a matter of utmost urgency, ensuring that any possible… More
Turkey: Overturn sentences imposed on journalists for news reports on arms transfers
Prison sentences imposed on Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül after their conviction yesterday of "revealing state secrets" are a further demonstration of the lack of independence of… More
PEN’s 2015 Case List documents decline in freedom of expression worldwide
The 2015 Case List, published today by PEN, spotlights freedom of expression violations around the world, detailing over 1000 cases of harassment, arrests, attacks, killings, and imprisonments of writers… More
President Obama: Press Vietnam to Release Imprisoned Activists
PEN America joins a coalition of organizations calling on President Obama to press for the release of imprisoned activists in Vietnam. More
Bangladesh: Brutal murder of LGBT editor an appalling indictment of authorities’ failure to protect
The savage murder of an editor and leading gay rights activist of Bangladesh’s only LGBT magazine in Dhaka is another tragic example of the government’s gross failure to protect… More