“Free from Chains! Thank You!”: A Statement from Eskinder Nega
Needless to say, our journey has yet to be complete. How long this journey will take no one knows. What we know for certain is what the immediate future… More
Letter to Secretary of State John Kerry: Speak Up for Writers in Ethiopia
On April 25 and 26, Ethiopian authorities arrested six prominent bloggers and three freelance journalists on the eve of Secretary of State John Kerry's arrival in Addis Ababa to… More
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DeSantis-backed education purge begins after right-wing school board takeovers in Florida.
"The new playbook of total ideological control is in full swing," says PEN America's @jonfreadom https://www.salon.com/2022/12/01/desantis-backed-education-purge-begins-after-right-wing-school-board-takeovers-in-florida_partner/ #Education #FReadom
A newly released report from @PenUkraine and #PENAmerica documents the Russian Federation's attacks on Ukrainian culture as a weapon of war
Read it here: https://pen.org/report/ukrainian-culture-under-attack/ #UkraineRussianWar #Ukraine
I spoke to @The_NewArab Voice last week about what's next for the international community on #Iran. I talk about how we failed to use leverage to improve human rights, democracy benchmarks, and a positive platform to support democracy in Iran. https://tinyurl.com/y65es9je
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