The PEN Pod: Defending the Freedom to Write with Karin Deutsch Karlekar
“[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
The ‘fake news’ trope is making it harder to fight state-sanctioned violence in Asia
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
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After Bangladesh slaying, US considers refuge for bloggers
The United States condemned as "barbaric" Thursday the latest killing in Bangladesh of an outspoken opponent of radical Islam More
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Can storytelling change American attitudes toward immigrants? Tune into @penworldvoices' latest podcast episode of THESE TRUTHS with Álvaro Enrigue, the founder of PEN’s DREAMing Out Loud Program. Listen to the full episode at https://bit.ly/3bNRtt4. #penworldvoices
AAWW has teamed up with @PENamerica on a joint statement calling for solidarity against hate in the time of COVID-19, signed by over 100 writers & artists, including @rizwanahmed, @pronounced_ing, @alexanderchee, @minjinlee11, & @viet_t_nguyen
READ MORE: https://aaww.org/about-us/news/united-against-hate/