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Detailing Severe Human Rights Abuses in Belarus, Leaders Call on the UN Human Rights Council to Extend the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Belarus

newsJune 28, 2022

In Taped Reading, Author Margaret Atwood Reads Letter from her Belarusian Translator About the Arrests and Jailing of Writers, Journalists and Publishers   By Suzanne Trimel (NEW YORK)-- The severe deterioration of… More

Opposition supporters in Minsk, Belarus; woman covered by an old Belarusian national flag in center

[VIRTUAL] Media Under Attack in Belarus: International Action Needed as Human Rights Crisis Intensifies

Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 8:00 am – 9:30 am ET
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DARE: Trump Ramps up Rhetoric: Democrats Want ‘Illegal Immigrants’ to ‘Infest our Country’

News DigestJune 20, 2018

Dehumanization rhetoric ramps up as President Trump and his allies use words like “infest” to describe people who seek to immigrate. Homeland Security Secretary who defended Trump policy separating… More

US Withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council Cedes Leadership on Human Rights to “Cynics and Subverters”

Press ReleaseJune 19, 2018

"For the U.S. to quit now is to abdicate American leadership on free expression and human rights worldwide, ceding the playing field to the cynics and the subverters." More

PEN at the UN Human Rights Council: Nigeria on the Brink

By: Deji Olukotun | October 17, 2013

Nigeria's burgeoning democracy, on the cusp of a digital revolution, faces dangerous threats to journalists and censorship. More

PEN at the UN Human Rights Council: End Impunity for the Killing of Mexican Journalists

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By: Deji Olukotun | October 15, 2013

PEN will press Mexico at the UN Human Rights Council to provide better protection for journalists and writers, with 46 killed since 2006. More

PEN at the UN: Human Rights Council completes review of South Africa, Bahrain, Ecuador, and Tunisia

June 7, 2012

Last week, PEN was excited to see free expression issues take center stage during reviews of South Africa, Bahrain, Ecuador, and Tunisia at the UN Human Rights Council.South Africa continues to… More

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