One Journalist Released but 22 Others Remain Detained in Kurdish Press Trial
While PEN International welcomes the release pending trial of Dicle News Agency editor Fatma Koçak, we are concerned by the continuing detention of 22 journalists being tried as part… More
U.S. State Department to Issue Visa to Kurdish Human Rights Advocate
Our public debates have been sharpened and enriched by granting the visas, and we are gratified that Kerim Yildiz, too, will soon be back in the United States. More
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Join us and actor, author, and former Obama White House aide Kal Penn at the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony on March 2. https://pen.org/event/2023-pen-america-literary-awards/
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