Egypt’s Harassment of writers chills freedom of speech and movement
NEW YORK—Simultaneous developments in the cases of writers Ahmed Naji and Alaa Aswany this weekend are indicative of Egypt's ongoing assault on human rights and free expression, PEN America… More
Protecting Artists is More Important Now Than Ever
ARC operates under the belief that in order to have a truly free society, we must have freedom of artistic expression—uninhibited creativity devoid of all forms of censorship. More
A New Ordeal for Egyptian Writer Ahmed Naji
This travel ban, which apparently remains in place despite Naji's conviction having been overturned, adds insult to injury. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Notre Dame students walk out of commencement speech by Mike Pence, Rex Tillerson holds press briefing without U.S. journalists, and Trump side steps human rights in his first trip… More
Court Orders Retrial for Ahmed Naji
The court's decision to order a retrial for the novelist prolongs a legal battle over free expression in Egypt that has already gone on far too long. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump continues to take questions only from friendly outlets, Ahmed Naji speaks on his imprisonment, movie studio creates fake news, and more. More
Ahmed Naji: ”I thought the world was as fragile as a glass while it is as strong as water”
Egyptian novelist and 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award winner Ahmed Naji, who was charged with two years in prison for “violating public modesty" for his latest novel, was… More
Egypt: In Wake of Legal Setback, PEN America Renews Call for Release of Ahmed Naji
NEW YORK—The denial this weekend of Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji’s motion to stay his two-year sentence perpetuates the injustice of punishing a writer for the exercise of free expression,… More
Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji’s jail term upheld over sexually explicit book
Suzanne Nossel, executive director of PEN America, said that the author’s sentence “for a crime of the imagination flouts the rule of law and is yet another blow to… More
Egypt court rejects appeal for writer jailed for ‘obscenity’
The literary and human rights organization PEN America and dozens of Egyptian and international figures in the arts, including Woody Allen, Philip Roth and Stephen Sondheim, have called on… More
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