PEN Names Enoh Meyomesse Honorary Member; Launches Interactive Timeline
Our new interactive timeline tells the story of the jailing of Cameroonian poet, writer, and politician Enoh Meyomesse, the newest Honorary Member of PEN American Center. More
Remembering La Primavera Negra
Translator and former PEN Freedom to Write Program Coordinator Anna Kushner looks back on the moments, and years, following Cuba's Black Spring. More
Past and Present: Living, Not Forgetting
Writer, journalist, and former political prisoner Normando Hernández González reflects on the 10-year anniversary of Cuba's notorious Black Spring. More
With the Help of Our Friends
Prison and censorship aren’t new for the Zarakolu family, but now more than ever, they need your support. More
PEN International Writes from the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women
PEN International's Sarah Clarke writes from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, where PEN was invited to comment on the status of violence against women writers. More
PEN Ups Pressure in Mexico as Another Journalist Is Murdered
The murder this week of Jaime Guadalupe González Dominguez, who edited and reported for the community news web site Ojinaga Noticias in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, is the first killing of… More
PEN Haiti’s Beautiful New House of Literature
Our Freedom Write fellow on his visit to PEN Haiti's extraordinary new Maison Georges Anglade as part of an intercultural exchange supported by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation. The… More
Take Immediate Action for Poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami
There is one last hope of having poet Mohammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami's conviction reversed. Take action for him now. More
Let’s Crowdsource Our Own Hollywood Movie About Torture
With controversy still swirling around the film Zero Dark Thirty and its misleading suggestion that torture put the CIA on the trail of Osama bin Laden, it's time to… More
Qatari Poet’s Sentence Reduced
A three-judge panel of Qatar’s court of appeal unanimously decided today to reduce poet Mohammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami’s life sentence to 15 years in prison for his poetry, still… More