PEN America Welcomes Suspended Prison Sentence to Free Russian Actor Pavel Ustinov
"We welcome the verdict revising Pavel Ustinov's sentence, and are relieved to see him out of jail and free to return to his life and work. However, although a… More
Oleg Sentsov | Status: Released | Russia
Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director, was sentenced to 20 years in a Russian prison on charges of terrorism on August 25, 2015. PEN believes that the charges stem… More
Russian Authorities Must Investigate Murder of Journalist Nikolai Andrushchenko
It is the urgent moral responsibility of Russian authorities to thoroughly investigate the murder of journalist Nikolai Andrushchenko, PEN America said in a statement today. More
Russia: Writers and Academics Speak Out Against Law on Foreign Agents
Around 90 members of the Russian PEN Center, together with historians belonging to the Free Historical Society and Russian academics, have called on the Ministry of Justice of the… More
January Featured Cases: The Price of Free Expression in Russia
This month, we're highlighting the cases of three individuals, both Russian and non-Russian, who have suffered at the hands of the Russian authorities for simply exercising their right to… More
Natalia Estemirova | Status: Murdered | Russia
On July 15, 2009, Natalia Estemirova, a journalist and human rights defender, was abducted by four gunmen on her way to work in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Estemirova… More
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British university staff oppose efforts to sack colleagues who produce controversial research, according to a report on political diversity in higher education that claims to reveal “an important reservoir of support for academic freedom”. https://bit.ly/2PtORb4
The BBC reports on a video and text messages providing chilling and rare first-hand accounts of China’s highly secure and secretive detention system—sent directly from the inside. https://bbc.in/3fywaNT
Malaysian police have raided Al Jazeera's Kuala Lumpur office and seized two computers, the news network said, condemning the incident as a "troubling escalation" in the government's crackdown on press freedoms. https://bit.ly/3fupFvt