PEN America Files Ninth Circuit Legal Brief in Support of Student Detained for Reading Poem
“The ability to voice one’s opinion, whether that be through a tweet, an article, or a poem, is one of the most powerful ways we advocate for ourselves and… More
PEN America Files Legal Brief Calling for Release of Student Detained for Reading Poem
“No one should go to jail for reading a poem." More
PEN America: ICE Arrest of Activist for Reciting Poem Criticizing Immigration Policy Raises “Serious Concern”
PEN America raises alarm that ICE’s arrest of student and activist Jose Bello—less than 36 hours after Bello publicly recited a poem criticizing the immigration system—over his free speech rights and… More
Journalist Emilio Gutiérrez-Soto’s Release from Detention Is an Important Step in His Fight for Asylum
"It appears that Emilio Gutierrez was singled out for adverse action by the federal government for exercising his right to free expression—for criticizing the controversial immigration policies of the… More
DARE: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Will Retire
Rights, precedents, and values at stake as Justice Anthony Kennedy resigns, opening way for contentious battle over new Trump nominee to U.S. Supreme Court. More
DARE: U.S. Officials Say Yassmin Abdel-Magied Deported for Not Having Correct Visa
PEN World Voices Festival participant Yassmin Abdel-Magied is turned back from the U.S. by Customs and Border Protection, preventing her from participating in the upcoming Festival (see PEN America… More
DARE: New Mexico Paper Apologizes for Cartoon Portraying ‘Dreamers’ as Muggers
The editor of one of New Mexico’s leading newspapers, The Albuquerque Journal, issued an apology over an editorial cartoon that many people interpreted as a bigoted attack on DACA… More
Order to Release Ravi Ragbir Does Not Mark End of His Ordeal or of Trump Administration’s Efforts to Silence Immigrants’ Rights Activists
The detention and deportation (or threat thereof) of immigrants’ rights activists under the Trump administration have raised serious concerns that those targeted are being punished for their speech and… More
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OPINION | Journalists are first responders too: We need reporters on the front lines in real time
In a NYT opinion, a historian said of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918: “the most important lesson ... Tell the truth.”
@summerelopez of @PENamerica writes
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-journalists-are-first-responders-too-20200331-x6np2vywsjemra6ndfry767aua-story.html
Loved doing #thePENpod for @penamerica about the attacks from the administration on free expression during this pandemic. Listen here: https://anchor.fm/penamerica/episodes/Episode-9-Reza-Aslan-on-Attacks-to-Free-Expression-During-the-Pandemic-ec1541/a-a1q58u0
A prominent Pakistani journalist who fled the country after receiving death threats has gone missing in Sweden where he had been granted political asylum. https://bit.ly/3aJvNOI