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The PEN Ten: An Interview with Gabriela Alemán

Interview
By: Viviane Eng | July 7, 2022

I think that that is what fiction does best, mine “accepted” truths. Bring to the forefront what is whispered about behind closed doors. More

DARE: How a Trump ‘love child’ rumor roiled the media

News DigestApril 13, 2018

More emerges on National Enquirer's owner buying and spiking potentially damaging stories about Donald Trump. The odd spectacle of news organizations acknowledging their restraint in reporting a story, but… More

DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression

News DigestMarch 29, 2017

Sean Spicer tells a reporter to stop shaking her head, how Russian propaganda is covering the Russian protests, and more. More

DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression

News DigestMarch 7, 2017

Trump unveils new travel ban on six Muslim majority countries, Facebook adds option for warning labels on fake news articles, and more. More

Free Expression Daily Digest: Thurs., September 24

News DigestSeptember 24, 2015

Syrian cartoonist confirmed dead, Ecuadorian president censors critical videos, and the Obama administration explored bypassing encryption. More

Free Expression Digest: Fri., Sept. 11

News DigestSeptember 11, 2015

First steps toward justice in Bangladesh as Ecuador and Honduras deal major blows to press freedom. More

PEN at the UN: Human Rights Council completes review of South Africa, Bahrain, Ecuador, and Tunisia

June 7, 2012

Last week, PEN was excited to see free expression issues take center stage during reviews of South Africa, Bahrain, Ecuador, and Tunisia at the UN Human Rights Council.South Africa continues to… More

PEN at the UN: Human Rights Council completes review of South Africa, Bahrain, Ecuador, and Tunisia

June 7, 2012

[caption id="attachment_13121" align="alignnone" width="384" caption="Photo by 12thplaya on CreativeCommons License"][/caption] Last week, PEN was excited to see free expression issues take center stage during reviews of South Africa, Bahrain, Ecuador, and… More

PEN Files UN Free Expression Reports on Bahrain, Ecuador, and South Africa

By: Deji Olukotun | November 23, 2011

PEN submitted two more submissions—one on Bahrain and one on Ecuador—to the Universal Periodic Review at the UN, the process that reviews the human rights record of all member… More

PEN Files UN Free Expression Reports on Bahrain, Ecuador, and South Africa

By: Deji Olukotun | November 23, 2011

PEN contributed two more submissions—one on Bahrain and one on Ecuador—to the Universal Periodic Review at the UN, the process that reviews the human rights record of all member countries… More

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Book Banning Is Getting Worse, writes @lutzfernandez, who warns against 6 forms of "false comfort" that are "swaddling the discussion."

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Authors are being disinvited from school visits. It's happening all over, not always publicly. Seems to frequently be b/c of a single parent's complaint, controlling what all kids and families can learn. A shame for both the authors and students alike. https://www.al.com/educationlab/2023/01/hoover-schools-cancel-black-history-month-author-visit-after-parent-complaint.html

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School librarians vilified as the ‘arm of Satan’ in book-banning wars https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-01-27/school-librarians-vilified-as-the-arm-of-satan-in-book-banning-wars

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