Ihar Bancer
Bancer, lyricist and frontman for band Mister X, was detained in October 2020 for his partially nude protest in front of police, after being released from jail 10 days… More
Emre Günsal
Comedian Günsal was arrested in Istanbul in April 2020 for writing in his stand-up show that allegedly insulted Turkey's first president Kemal Atatürk and prominent figures in the city… More
Abolhassan Kamali
Poet Abolhassan Kamali was given a four-month suspended sentence of two years seven months in prison with an electronic handcuff on charges of blasphemy and spreading lies. The court… More
Anouar Rahmani
Since 2017, Rahmani has been threatened with legal action for content in his books, including a gay relationship and a depiction of God. In November 2020, he was found… More
Mehdi Salimi
Salimi is an author and writes independently on political thought. He was arrested in July 2020 and was released on bail the following month. On July 2, 2021, a… More
Prashant Bhushan
In August 2020, the Supreme Court fined lawyer and author Bhushan one rupee for two tweets critical of the Court, convicting him of “contempt of court.” Bhushan paid the… More
Svetlana Prokopieva
On July 6, 2020, columnist Prokopieva was convicted of “public justification of terrorism” for her coverage of the 2018 suicide bombing in the Federal Security Service building in Arkhangelsk,… More
Kirill Serebrennikov | Status: Convicted | Russia
Kirill Serebrennikov, a prominent Russian theater director, was put under house arrest on August 23 on charges of fraud. More
Chan Kin-Man
Chan is a sociologist and leader of the pro-democracy movement Occupy Central. He was convicted on public nuisance charges and sentenced to 16 months in prison in April 2019.… More
Huynh Thuc Vy
Huynh was arrested and sentenced to two years and seven months in prison in November 2018 in connection with her blogging about human rights issues, including the dire situation… More
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Excited to expand your reading this year? Some of @EW's favorite authors share their most anticipated books of 2022: https://bit.ly/3FW4lw1.
Victory! for @PENamerica Member Lora Burnett in her First Amendment suit against Collin College. Congrats @LDBurnett, glad you get to put this debacle behind you. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/01/25/former-collin-college-professor-who-claimed-retaliation-over-tweets-resolves-lawsuit-with-school/
PEN America Trustee @FranklinLeonard's @theblcklst will extend its work into theater, inviting playwrights and musical writers to share their work with gatekeepers in the theater, film and television industries. https://nyti.ms/3u52aEp
