Bangladesh: Academic Murdered in Another Brutal Killing
PEN America joins PEN Bangladesh in calling on the Bangladeshi government to investigate the April 23 killing of Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique and to bring his killers to trial. More
Bangladesh: Murder of Student Continues Assault on Free Expression
NEW YORK—PEN America condemns the brutal killing of a student in Bangladesh today in what appears to be another targeted attack by Islamist militants on those who express dissident… More
PEN Joins Coalition Calling on Secretary Kerry to Grant Visas to Threatened Bangladeshi Bloggers
A coalition of free expression and human rights advocacy groups led by PEN American Center today released an open letter to the U.S. Department of State urging the swift… More
Human Rights Groups Ask U.S. to Grant Asylum to Bangladesh Bloggers
A coalition of human rights groups called on the United States on Monday to grant temporary visas to secular writers from Bangladesh after a series of bloody attacks by… More
US Sanctuary Sought for Threatened Bangladeshi Writers
Human rights groups on Monday urged the U.S. to offer emergency sanctuary to Bangladeshi writers targeted by Islamic extremists for their secular beliefs following a wave of killings that… More
Bangladesh: Social Media Platform Blocking Signals Further Free Expression Degradation
The blocking of access to Facebook, Viber, Whatsapp, and other similar services in Bangladesh indicates a further degradation of free expression in a country that has seen increased violent… More
PEN Testimony at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Briefing on Bangladesh
Our director of Free Expression Programs, Karin Deutsch Karlekar, presented testimony to bring attention to the targeted killings of bloggers and publishers in Bangladesh. More
Brazil: Two Political Bloggers Murdered
The fatal shooting of two political bloggers in Maranhão state, north-eastern Brazil, in just over a week signals an alarming rise in fatal violence against writers that must be… More
ETHIOPIA: Zone 9 Bloggers Acquitted on Charges of Terrorism
PEN American Center welcomes the Ethiopian court's decision today to acquit four of the Zone 9 bloggers on terrorism charges. The acquittal is a positive move in a landmark… More
Eskinder Nega, Zone 9, and Anti-Terrorism Laws: Ethiopia’s Free Expression Crisis
This past weekend marks one year since Ethiopian authorities conducted a sweeping arrest of a group of 6 young bloggers from the Zone 9 Collective and three other journalists.… More
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