Russia: Telegram block leads to widespread assault on freedom of expression online
We, the undersigned 53 international human rights, media and Internet freedom organizations, strongly condemn the attempts to block the Internet messaging service Telegram, which have resulted in extensive violations… More
Shutdown of Messaging App Telegram, Used for News and Encrypted Communications, a Far-Reaching Attack on Free Expression in Russia
“This retaliatory effort to shut down Telegram demonstrates the Russian authorities’ fundamental disregard for free expression and the right to privacy, and highlights the risks to basic human rights… More
Trump Administration’s Plan to Require Personal Online Information from Visa Applicants Likely to Have Widespread Chilling Effect
"Requiring visa applicants to provide the government with information about the last five years of their social media use is an invasive and extremely broad requirement that will undoubtedly… More
China’s Tightening Grasp on Social Media Offers a Potent Tool of Repression for President-for-Life Xi Jinping, PEN America Report Warns
With an increasing array of technological, legal, and ideological tools at its disposal, Beijing is ever more able and willing to systematically erase expressions of dissent, silencing internet users… More
Egypt: blogger faces new prison sentence for ‘insulting the judiciary’
PEN is deeply concerned that blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah could be subjected to a new prison sentence at his next hearing on December 30, 2017 under… More
Mauritania: President must ensure that blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed regain his freedom
This joint letter was sent to the Mauritanian President on December 6, 2017. Dear President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, We, the undersigned international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), ask you to ensure that blogger… More
Myanmar’s Slow Strangulation of Online Speech
While Saung Kha was one of the first poets arrested and imprisoned under Article 66(d) of Myanmar’s Telecommunications Law, he would not be the last. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
A court orders a web company to meet a Justice Department demand for data on an anti-Trump website it hosts for an investigation of inauguration day protests. Responding to… More
Sentence of Activist Pai Dao Din Manifestly Unjust, Attempt to Silence Critics of Thai Military Rulers
The sentencing of Thai democracy activist “Pai Dao Din” for nothing more than a Facebook post is another outrageous application of Thailand’s lèse-majesté law designed to silence critics of… More
VIETNAM: Charges Against Blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh Must Be Dropped
PEN calls on the Vietnamese authorities to drop all charges against blogger and government critic Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, also known by her pen name Me Nam (‘Mother Mushroom’),… More
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