Five Year Prison Sentence Against Performance Artist in Russia Is “Unjust” Criminalization of Free Expression
“There is great irony when a one-man protest against political imprisonment becomes itself a case of an artist wrongfully incarcerated,” said Polina Sadovskaya, director of Eurasia programs at PEN… 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
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
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It's been more than 30 years since @J_CameronLive published The Artist's Way, and yes, she still writes morning pages! With her influential book back on bestseller lists as she releases a 2023 update, Julia talks to PEN America. Read here: https://pen.org/julia-cameron-artists-way/
Love catching word that @PENamerica’s “The Sentences That Create Us” (@haymarketbooks) is being shared—here, a giveaway at the No Longer 3/5th’s coalition community event.