Nobel Prize to Dmitry Muratov is a Sign that the World Should Unite to Confront Kremlin’s Foreign Agent Law
The Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov is an important step to acknowledge the crackdown on independent media by authoritarian regimes. More
New Round of Additions to Russia’s List of ‘Foreign Agents’ Is Direct Threat to Press Freedom
PEN America today condemned Russia’s government for adding yet more journalists and media outlets to its “foreign agents” list. More
Russia Labels Mediazona as ‘Foreign Agent’ in Ongoing Crackdown
The Russian justice ministry this week designated the independent investigative news outlet Mediazona and its editor-in-chief, Sergei Smirnov, as “foreign agents.” More
Proposed Expansion of Foreign Agent Laws in Russia Poses Clear Threat to Free Expression
“The proposed laws would infringe on constitutionally guaranteed rights, and yet, they will be almost impossible to challenge." More
PEN America Condemns New Amendments to Russia’s Foreign Agent Law
“This legislation a direct attack on individuals’ rights to express their opinion freely." More
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Talking to @AliVelshi, historian @TimothyDSnyder likens book bans in #Florida to Communism: “All this stuff is supposed to be anti-communist but as a historian of communism, that reminds me of some of the basic things that were wrong about communism.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/yale-professor-ron-desantis-book-bans_n_642696c7e4b02a8d518df5a9
Douglass Mackey, also known as “Ricky Vaughn,” was convicted today of the charge of Conspiracy Against Rights. Mackey sent fraudulent messages encouraging supporters of Hillary Clinton to “vote” via text message or social media which was legally invalid. https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/social-media-influencer-douglass-mackey-convicted-election-interference-2016
In "Unsealed," a new #WorksOfJustice column delving deep into the mail that our Prison and Justice Writing Program receives daily from incarcerated writers, PEN America's @JessAbolafia_ describes getting a letter that arrived torn in half. Read more: https://pen.org/unsealed-severed-sentences.