DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Obama gives a nod to the role of the press in keeping the government honest at his final presser. Meanwhile, Trump's DC hotel denies entrance to journalists; no… More
Free Expression Digest: Wed., January 13
China arrests prominent woman rights lawyer, Samar Badawi released from detention, Gaza journalist tortured in Hamas jail. More
Belarusian PEN Center: The Struggle for Writers’ Independence
Introducing our new series showcasing the work of the over 140 centers that form PEN International. This month we speak to the Belarusian PEN Center on free expression challenges… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., October 8
Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Prize for literature, Hindi language journalists arrested, and Azerbaijan bars entry to Amnesty staff. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wed., October 7
Bangladeshi spies accused of blocking media adverts, Ghana suspends judges after film, and an Internet ban in Kashmir halts journalists' work. More
Early Release of Writer and Human Rights Defender a Positive Step
PEN welcomes the release following an amnesty, on June 21, 2014, of the Belarusian writer and human rights defender Ales Bialiatski. The organization is calling for the Belarusian authorities… More
Voices from Ukraine and Belarus Part II
Biblical tradition heavily also had a strong influence on Ukrainian literature and poetry in particular. In short, there has always been an active exchange going on, even when at… More
Voices from Ukraine and Belarus Part I
Nobody has yet cancelled Joseph Brodsky's formula that a poet shouldn't interfere with politics, unless politics interfers with a poet. In the authoritarian Belarus there are all kinds of… More
Artists Declare State of Emergency in Belarus
An appeal to: Baroness Cathy Ashton, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Polish President Bronisław Komorowski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, U.S. President Barack Obama, Spanish… More
Artists Declare State of Emergency in Belarus
An appeal to: Baroness Cathy Ashton, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, Polish President Bronis?aw Komorowski, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, U.S. President Barack Obama, Spanish… More
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