Moscow Court Sentences Playwright and Director in Ongoing Crackdown on Free Expression
Labeling these artists as terrorists or extremists is a grave injustice. ARC calls for the immediate release of Berkovich and Petriychuk. More
Israeli Government Must Reject Bill Potentially Banning Foreign News Networks
If passed, this bill will allow communication minister Shlomo Karhi to shut down any foreign media outlet in Israel if it is perceived as a threat to the state.… More
Hadar Harris, Human Rights Lawyer, Named Managing Director of PEN America’s Washington, D.C. Office
“I am thrilled to join PEN America at this critical moment,” said Harris. “Free expression is core to free and open societies and writers are at its forefront. At… More
Free Narges Coalition Strongly Condemns Additional Sentence for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi
In response to the news that an Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced jailed 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi to an additional one-year prison sentence on charges of… More
Record Number of Writers Jailed Worldwide in 2023
There were 339 writers from 33 countries jailed in 2023, an increase of 62 writers compared to 2022 and 101 more than in 2019. More
Iranian Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi Sentenced to Death
(NEW YORK) – Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), PEN America, and Index on Censorship strongly condemn the death sentence imposed on Iranian rapper and human rights defender Toomaj Salehi… More
New Report Finds Unprecedented Surge in School Books Bans
“Students are at the epicenter of the book banning movement, and they’re fearlessly spearheading the fight against this insidious encroachment into what they can read and learn across the… More
Pham Doan Trang | Status: Imprisoned | Vietnam
Pham Doan Trang is a Vietnamese writer, publisher, journalist, and pro-democracy activist currently imprisoned in Vietnam due to her writings in support of human rights. More
Georgia’s Ruling Party Reintroduces Draconian “Foreign Agent Law” Under New Name
The ruling Georgian Dream party is again pushing a so-called ‘Foreign Agent Law’ to undermine the essential and independent work of writers, cultural figures, and journalists More
New PEN America Analysis Points to Cracks in Florida’s Censorship Campaign
Katie Blankenship, director of PEN America’s Florida office, said: “By continuing to pass bills that are a knife to the heart of our Constitutional protections, Florida lawmakers are not… More