DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Comey's testimony makes for nail-biting broadcast, Facebook's targeted ads and role in elections, and more from the U.S. and around the world. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump fires FBI director, a journalist is arrested in West Virginia after questioning HHS Secretary Tom Price, who was told a recent memo may illegally suppress whistleblowers. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Twitter is suing the government in order to protect a Trump critic, Google adds fact-check findings to search and news results, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Democrats introduce a bill to make Trump's Mar-a-Lago meetings more transparent, hundreds of protestors were arrested in Belarus, and more. More
The Causeway Bay Incident is Not Over: A Message from Angela Gui
A message from Angela Gui, daughter of abducted Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai, on the launch of the new PEN America report Writing on the Wall: Bookseller Disappearances and… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wednesday, October 19
UN experts urge India to release rights activist in Kashmir, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Wednesday, October 5
Hong Kong pro-democracy leader deported, Crimea Tatar activist's home raided, South African activist faces Israeli arrest, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Thursday, September 15
India prevents activist from traveling to U.N., Five journalists detained while reporting on clashes in 'rebel village', and more. More
Hong Kong: Bookseller’s Harrowing Account Requires Immediate Attention
Detained Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee’s account of his months-long ordeal in mainland police custody, where he was interrogated without a lawyer and forced to confess to “illegal trading,”… More
Free Expression Digest: Fri., May 6
PEN's Free Expression Digest brings you a daily curated round-up of the most important free expression-related stories from around the web. Please send your feedback and suggestions to [email protected] Turkish… More
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🧵Today @RamyEssam released the song "Fiskooti Mooti" with lyrics written by imprisoned Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy. Watch here: https://youtu.be/GMGcbQdKaH0
"Fear is not freedom. Fear is not liberty. Fear is control," says 100-year-old Grace Linn at @MCSDFlorida meeting.
The district's book removals attracted national attention when authors—including @jodipicoult & @JP_Books—took to social media to protest. https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/education/martin-county-schools/2023/03/22/crowd-protests-book-removals-at-martin-county-school-board-meeting/70028207007/
20-year-old Olesya Krivtsova has fled Russia after she was accused of “justifying terrorism” and “discrediting the Russian armed forces,” placed under house arrest, and forbidden from using the phone or internet following an Instagram post about #Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-social-media-crackdown.html