Bahrain’s Threat to Crack Down on Social Media Users Would Violate Free Expression, Says PEN America
“Punishing people for reading statements and commentary the government doesn’t like is a clear violation of fundamental freedoms of expression and an unwarranted restriction on access to information,” said… More
PEN Nepal: Increasing Access to Literature for Young Readers
The key free expression challenges faced by PEN Nepal are limited sources of income...physical dangers faced by writers, and impunity faced by those who are engaged in violence against… More
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Vandana Singh (@singhvanda) for PEN America's #IndiaAt75
Read all the contributions at http://PEN.org/india-at-75
Join us Friday August 19:
One week after the brutal attack on author @SalmanRushdie, the NY literary community is rallying in solidarity and presenting public readings from Rushdie's works on the steps of @nypl on 5th Avenue.
#StandWithSalman. Details: https://pen.org/event/stand-with-salman/
#IRAN: PEN International and PEN Centres are seriously concerned about the health of imprisoned Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet, who was arrested on 31 July by Iranian authorities. We call for her immediate and unconditional release: https://pen-international.org/news/iran-authorities-must-release-writer-and-poet-mahvash-sabet
