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PEN America Responds to Israeli Defense Force Probe in Killing of Al Jazeera Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh: “Too Little, Too Late”

Press ReleaseSeptember 6, 2022

Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom To Write Center at PEN America, stated: “The IDF’s investigation into the tragic shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh comes far too late… More

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PEN America Demands Answers Over Israeli Strike on Building Housing AP, Al Jazeera Offices

Press ReleaseMay 15, 2021

Though lives were fortunately spared, the destruction will most certainly hobble the ability for professional journalists to do their work documenting a fraught, complex conflict. More

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DARE: State Department to Launch New Human Rights Panel Stressing ‘Natural Law’

News DigestMay 31, 2019

State Department will launch new panel stressing human rights "natural law," feared by some as an attempt to narrow protections for women and members of the LGBTQ community. More

DARE: Trump Wakes Up Complaining About Negative Google Search Results About Himself. ‘Illegal?’

News DigestAugust 28, 2018

President Trump complains about Google search results for "Trump News" and asks if illegal. Facebook bans Myanmar's army commander in chief following Rohingya genocide report. More

DARE: Facebook Identifies New Influence Operations Spanning Globe

News DigestAugust 22, 2018

Facebook and Twitter identify and shut down multiple accounts linked to Russian and Iranian disinformation campaigns aimed at users in several countries including the U.S. More

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DARE: More Than 100 U.S. Newspapers Plan Editorials Decrying Trump Media Attacks

News DigestAugust 13, 2018

More than 100 news outlets nationwide plan to publish editorials this week addressing President Trump's ongoing attack on journalism in a project led by the Boston Globe. More

DARE: Memphis Police Accused of Using Fake Accounts to Surveil Black Activists

News DigestAugust 2, 2018

Evidence emerges of Memphis police department using fake social media accounts to surveil Black Lives Matter activists. Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends attacks on CNN's Jim Acosta. More

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DARE: For Local Newspapers, Angry Readers Are a Given. But Killings Send Shivers.

News DigestJuly 2, 2018

In the wake of the Capital Gazette killings, journalists nationwide reflect on the barrages of hate they receive in their inboxes and social media feeds. More

DARE: Trump Reverses Course, Signs Order Ending His Policy of Separating Families at the Border

News DigestJune 21, 2018

Protests spanning Congress, civil society, Hollywood, the tech industry, airlines, and others prod Trump to reverse stance on separating migrant families and issue new Executive Order halting future separations.… More

DARE: Stephen King Among the Honorees at PEN America Gala

News DigestMay 23, 2018

Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, tells the 2018 PEN America Literary Gala that "the autocrats' playbook for discrediting critical coverage… is now going viral" and warns "the… More

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