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[VIRTUAL] Freedom to Write Index 2021: Tracking Jailed Writers and Public Intellectuals Around the World

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET
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The PEN Pod: Fighting for Artistic Freedom in Myanmar with Karin Deutsch Karlekar and Bart Was Not Here

InterviewDecember 17, 2021

“It’s really striking to see the degree to which writing is at the heart of what we are debating about. . . . we are seeing just… More

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[VIRTUAL] Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Writers as Champions of the Right to Free Expression

Monday, November 15, 2021 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] Freedom to Write Index 2020: Tracking Jailed Writers and Public Intellectuals Around the World

Friday, April 23, 2021 | 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm ET
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The PEN Pod: Defending the Freedom to Write with Karin Deutsch Karlekar

InterviewMay 19, 2020

“[It’s] important to not just look at numbers and to give trends a human face, and to really look at the individual cases of writers and intellectuals behind bars.” More

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Saudi Arabia: Impunity and the Silencing of Dissent

Monday, October 21, 2019 | 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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The ‘fake news’ trope is making it harder to fight state-sanctioned violence in Asia

May 30, 2017

In Southeast Asia, a region full of young democracies, journalists and press freedom advocates are alarmed by politicians’ eager uptake of two cultural memes spawned by the Trump election… More

After Bangladesh slaying, US considers refuge for bloggers

April 8, 2016

The United States condemned as "barbaric" Thursday the latest killing in Bangladesh of an outspoken opponent of radical Islam More

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