When Art Precedes Life: On the Persecution of Kirill Serebrennikov
It is the role of civil society now to counter the painful relationship between art and government in Russia, and to prevent it from turning art into suffering. More
St. Petersburg PEN: “This City is Ours!”
The main challenge that St. Petersburg PEN faces is that the Russian authorities have currently set themselves the task of "provincializing Petersburg.". . . More
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Today is the 7th birthday behind bars for #IlhamTohti, Uyghur economist & 2014 #FreedomToWrite honoree, sentenced to life in prison for his writing fostering dialogue between Han Chinese & Uyghurs. He is held incommunicado, with no contact to his family. http://bit.ly/3B7c4Fk
Yesterday, PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel spoke with @ReliableSources about the need for Facebook to be more transparent with users when it comes to content moderation decisions that ban users or remove content without explanation. https://cnn.it/2XGOrpi
