PEN Names New Director of World Voices Festival and Public Programs
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, named László Jakab Orsós Director of the World Voices Festival and Public Programs. Orsós… More
Writers Urge U.N. to Abandon Efforts to Prohibit Defamation of Religions
At a panel held in conjunction with the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, writers and free-expression advocates from around the world today warned of the potential harm of… More
Writer Liao Yiwu Finally Permitted to Travel Outside China
PEN American Center today welcomed the Chinese government’s decision to lift its travel ban against renowned writer and Independent Chinese PEN Center Board Member Liao Yiwu, who is traveling… More
Writers Support Park51 Project, Religious Freedom
PEN American Center, the New York-based center of the 89-year-old international literary and human rights organization PEN, today released a statement in support of the proposed Park51 Community Center… More
Writers in U.S. and China Denounce Formal Arrest of Liu Xianbin
The case of writer and longtime activist Liu Xianbin was formally transferred to the Suining Municipal People's Procuratorate on July 21, 2010, invoking fears that he could face at… More
PEN Protests Heavy Sentence Against Uighur Journalist Gheyret Niyaz
PEN American Center denounced the conviction of Uighur journalist Gheyret Niyaz on charges of “endangering state security” on July 24, 2010, for discussing the ethnic unrest in the Xinjiang… More
Colombian Journalist Hollman Morris Granted Visa to Join Harvard Program
A prominent Colombian journalist who was once barred from the United States has been granted a visa to come to this country to study. PEN American Center, the American… More
José Luis García, Léster González, and Normando Hernández Arrive Safely in Spain
PEN American Center welcomed the news that Cuban journalists Normando Hernández González, Dr. José Luis García Paneque, and Léster Luis González Pentón, all high PEN priority cases who had… More
Normando Hernández González Arrives in Spain
Cuban dissidents Normando Hernández González, right, and Omar Rodriguez hug upon arrival in Madrid on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. More
Free Speech Groups Ask Sec. Clinton to Review Exclusion of Colombian Journalist
The American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Professors and PEN American Center today sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressing alarm over reports that… More