PEN Writes to Senate Appropriations Committee
PEN President Salman Rushdie addressed the following letter to members of the House-Senate Defense Appropriations conference committee on behalf of PEN American Center. More
PEN Launches Mexico Campaign
As agreed at the 71st International PEN Congress held in Bled in June 2005, the PEN Writers in Prison Committee is staging a campaign in October focusing on freedom… More
Yahoo! information used to convict Chinese journalist
PEN is alarmed by evidence that information supplied by the Internet Service Provider Yahoo! Inc. was used to convict journalist, poet and dissident writer Shi Tao. More
PEN Protests Charges Against Turkish Author Orhan Pamuk
PEN American Center expressed shock today that world-famous Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk will be brought before an Istanbul court on December 16 and that he faces up to three… More
PEN Hails Release of Saudi Reformers
PEN American Center hailed the release today of Ali Al-Domaini, a leading Saudi literary figure who was one of three prominent intellectuals imprisoned for criticizing the pace and reach… More
Writers Condemn Sentences Against Saudi Reformers
PEN, the international writers’ organization dedicated to defending writers and freedom of expression around the world, expressed deep disappointment at the announcement that an appeals court has upheld the… More
Writers condemn sentences against Saudi reformers, call for increased pressure
PEN, the international writers’ organization dedicated to defending writers and freedom of expression around the world, expressed deep disappointment at the announcement that an appeals court has upheld the… More
House passes Freedom to Read Amendment
In a vote that sends a clear message to the Bush Administration that Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act needs to be amended to protect Americans' right to… More
PEN Calls for the Permanent Release from Prison of Journalist Akbar Ganji
Now that Ganji has been released from Evin Prison, we urge that his freedom from incarceration be made permanent and that he not be returned to prison next week.… More
International PEN statement on the recent events in Uzbekistan
International PEN, the world association of writers, is alarmed by recent days' events in Uzbekistan and calls for a lifting of the clamp down on the media reporting from… More
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