PEN Joins Fight for Net Neutrality to Promote Creative Freedom
PEN joined the fight to keep the Internet open and promote creative freedom in a letter to the FCC today. More
Tech Companies Pass Free Expression Stress Test, with Room for Improvement
An independent assessment finds that three giant tech firms are making a good-faith effort to protect free expression and privacy. What does this mean for writers? More
A Stand for Democracy in the Digital Age
More than 500 writers around the world have issued an open letter calling for the right to privacy in the digital realm. More
Calling All Journalists: Free Digital Security Training Workshops
This week, German media development nonprofit DW Akademie is offering Digital Security Training Workshops to help journalists protect themselves online. More
Thanksgiving Human Rights Advocacy Roundup
Important resolutions at the UN on protecting journalists and privacy; a PEN lawsuit to fight dragnet surveillance; a u-turn on censorship on Skype in China; and a PEN event… More
Veteran Journalist Permanently Released, Newspaper Re-Opened
PEN welcomes the permanent release of Rodney Sieh, founder and editor of the award-winning newspaper FrontPageAfrica. More
Half of All Writers-at-Risk Persecuted for Use of Digital Media, New PEN Study Shows
PEN American Center today launched The Rise of Digital Repression, a new interactive report detailing digital repression's increasing affect on writers around the globe. More
Ta Phong Tan | Status: Released | Vietnam
Ta Phong Tan is a Vietnamese Blogger, jurist, and former police officer. She was arrested on September 5, 2011 and sentenced to 10 years in prison for “conducting propaganda… More