“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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"The threats we've been addressing all over the world... also manifest right here on our own doorstep in the United States," @SuzanneNossel tells @jheil on @DeadlineWH. #SalmanRushdie #FreedomToWrite
Honoured to contribute to this anthology as India marks 75 years of independence today. Read more about the initiative and the contributors below. @PENamerica http://PEN.org/india-at-75 #IndiaAt75 https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1559162982604709890
In the first essay in the PEN America-sponsored Freedom to Learn Series @madebyhistory @washingtonpost, Jonathan Zimmerman explores the history of the history wars. "We cannot celebrate... freedom of thought and then tell every individual what to think." https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/08/15/truth-about-history-education-wars-2022/
