Imad Barghouthi
Palestinian astrophysicist and professor Barghouthi was arrested on June 16, 2020. On August 2, 2020, after being detained for more than two weeks without explanation, he was charged with… More
Abdulaziz Al-Dukhail
On April 25, 2020, Al-Dukhail was arrested and detained without formal charges for a tweet he posted in support of the activist Abdullah Al-Hamid following his death. According to… More
Zechariah Makuach Maror
Maror, a columnist in several local dailies, was arrested on April 18, 2020 for accusations of defamation in his writing and social media posts criticizing South Sudan’s Ministry of… More
Hajooj Kuka
In August 2020, authorities raided a cultural center in Khartoum where Kuka and other artists were rehearsing a play at a threater workshop, following a reported noise complaint. Kuka,… More
Daler Sharifov
On January 28, 2020, Sharifov’s house was raided and he was detained at a police station. Four days later he was charged with inciting ethnic, racial, and religious hatred.… More
Dariush Moradi
Moradi is a Kurdish cultural activist who serves on the editorial board of Hesareh, a literary website. Security forces arrested him on November 23, 2020, searching his home and… More
Denis Solís González
Solís González is a Cuban songwriter and rapper whose musical work features content critical of repression by the authorities. Solís was forcibly detained in November 2020 after he posted… More
Ruslan Kulevich
Journalist and author Kulevich was brutally detained by police at a protest against the Lukashenka regime. He was beaten, both of his arms were broken, and he was sentenced… More
Yury Stylski
On August 15, 2020, Stylski, lyricist and leader of a black-listed band ‘Daj Dorogu,’ attended peaceful rally in Brest with a loud-speaker and Belarusian flag, where he was detained… More
Zhang Wenfang
Zhang Wenfang posted poems about the Wuhan lockdown due to COVID-19 and was detained. She was first detained on “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” until she was later sentenced… More
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Hong Kong has banned films that run contrary to the interests of a Beijing-drafted national security law, the latest crackdown on freedom of expression in the Asian financial hub. https://bloom.bg/3pJiNTU
NEW: Cuban artist and Latin Grammy-nominated rapper Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo, who has been detained at the maximum security Pinar del Río prison since May 2021, began a hunger strike today. We call on the Cuban government to immediately release Castillo. https://pen.org/press-release/maykel-castillo-begins-hunger-strike/
Celebrated bestselling author Sandra Cisneros joins #PENOutLoud on 11/3, with novelist Jamie Manrique, to discuss her new book, MARTITA I REMEMBER YOU/MARTITA TE RECUERDO, and its “tribute to the life-changing power of youthful friendship.” Tickets: https://bit.ly/3AoUSM5.
