DARE: 3 Saudi Women Activists Receive PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
PEN America announces 2019 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honorees: Saudi Writer-Activists and Women's Rights Champions Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain... More
Shiva Nazar Ahari | Status: Released | Iran
Shiva Nazar Ahari is an Iranian journalist, blogger, and human rights activist and former political prisoner. More
DARE: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates through a Secret Database
Leaked documents show the U.S. authorities tracking journalists, lawyers, and immigration advocates at the U.S.-Mexico border. A Florida sixth-grader... More
Tanzanian Authorities Must Release CPJ Staff
PEN America calls on Tanzanian authorities to immediately release CPJ's Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo, return their passports, and permit them to travel. More
Police Raids and Arrests Raise Grave Concerns About Government Respect for Free Expression in India
Raids by Indian police and the arrest of five activists raise grave concerns about government respect for free expression in India. More
Xinjiang: The Free Expression Catastrophe You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
The Chinese government’s “anti-extremism” policies in Xinjiang are a large-scale attack on freedom of expression, and human rights more broadly. More
DARE: Journalists are Not the Enemy
Today hundreds of newspapers across the U.S., led by The Boston Globe, coordinated the publication of original editorials highlighting attacks on press. More
DARE: More Than 100 U.S. Newspapers Plan Editorials Decrying Trump Media Attacks
More than 100 news outlets nationwide plan to publish editorials this week addressing President Trump's ongoing attack on journalism in a project led by the Boston Globe. More
PEN America Joins Push to Impose Sanctions on Human Rights Violators
“With the Global Magnitsky Act, championed in Congress by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), the US government has been provided a powerful tool to deter the… More
Ahmed Naji | Status: Released | Egypt
Ahmed Naji was temporarily released from prison in Egypt on December 22, 2016, after his two-year prison sentence for “violating public modesty” was suspended by an appeals court on… More
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