PEN Case Studies in Digital Freedom – Censorship
In this series of posts, we demonstrate how we use the PEN Declaration on Digital Freedom to defend writers, bloggers, and activists. We'll look at internet censorship in China… More
Jaipur Literature Festival: Proving Ground for Free Expression
The sobering fact is that Jaipur has become a sort of proving ground for free expression, where writers can both discuss human rights and experience, first hand, the extent… More
PEN Case Studies in Digital Freedom – Targeting Individuals
On December 24, 2012, writer Turki al-Hamad was arrested in Saudi Arabia for posting several tweets on Twitter in which he criticized Islamists. Al-Hamad is a political analyst and… More
Three Years after the Quake
Saturday will mark three years since the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed an estimated 300,000 people. PEN, too, was affected by the tragedy, as PEN Haiti's director Georges… More
Digital Freedom and Crime in the Twitterverse
As the global reach of social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook expands, important questions of Digital Freedom and free expression arise. More
Human Rights Travesty in Cameroon for Writer Enoh Meyomesse
In what appears to be a clear violation of human rights and the right to free expression, a judge has sentenced Cameroonian writer Enoh Meyomesse to seven years in… More
PEN Launches New Declaration on Digital Freedom
PEN launched its new Declaration on Digital Freedom at the Istanbul Book Fair, signaling our embrace of free expression challenges in the 21st century. More
PEN Visits South Africa
I just returned from a fabulous trip to South Africa, where I traveled on behalf of PEN American Center with the poet Cathy Park Hong as part of our… More
Hojjatoleslam Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari | Status: Released | Iran
Eshkevari was released from prison on February 6, 2005. He was freed after serving two-thirds of his seven-year jail term. A condition of his release is that Eshkevari will… More
Mohammed Abbou | Status: Released | Tunisia
Mohammed Abbou, an Internet writer, lawyer, and human rights activist, was arrested on March 1, 2005, for an article published on the Internet nine months earlier that denounced torture… More
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