Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, Eman Al-Nafjan | Status: Detained | Saudi Arabia
Writer-activists Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, and Eman Al-Nafjan were detained without charge by the Saudi government for their outspoken dissent. More
PEN America Marks Two Years of Saudi Activist’s Imprisonment
"Today, on the two-year anniversary of her imprisonment, we honor Loujain Al-Hathloul’s incredible bravery." More
Loujain Al-Hathloul, Detained in Saudi Arabia
Loujain Al-Hathloul is a Saudi blogger and women’s rights activist. Since May 2018, she has been detained in connection with her writing and activism. More
Saudi Women’s Rights Activists to Appear in Court
“After almost two years in detention, and lengthy and unexplained delays in the sham trial that began in March 2019, Loujain and her fellow activists will again appear in… More
Tell Imprisoned Writers: You Are Not Alone
This January, PEN America is collecting messages of solidarity to be delivered to imprisoned writers around the world. More
DARE: Facebook Paid Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Chats
Facebook faces new disclosures that it paid contractors to transcribe clips of users’ voice chats without notification. White House press secretary’s preliminary decision to suspend journalist and commentator Brian… More
Saudi Activist Rejects Deal to Recant Torture Allegations
“This attempt at coercion is a pathetic effort by the Saudi state to use propaganda to paper over its dire human rights reputation." More
House Condemns Saudi Repression of Activists
The Saudi government cannot shirk accountability for its brutal oppression of those voices calling for fundamental freedoms. More
DARE: Addressing Bigotry from the White House
As President Trump attacks four Democratic Representatives of color with ever starker language of racism and nativism, news organizations are critiqued... More
DARE: Anita Hill, Bob Woodward Honored at Annual PEN America Gala
Truthtellers and the perseverance and bravery necessary to exercise—and defend—free expression take center stage at the PEN America 2019 Literary Gala... More
Alert Us
Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?
PEN America On 
The Philippines will reimpose a stricter coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital for two weeks from Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced, as the country struggles to contain infections that have jumped to more than 100,000 cases. https://bit.ly/2Xq8apQ
Join PEN America & @usc_uschina on 8/5 for a discussion of PEN America's upcoming report on how Chinese censors have spread their influence across filmmaking in the U.S. — incl. recommendations for how Hollywood can chart a better path forward: https://bit.ly/30tYkFH.
Protesters took to the streets in cities across Russia on Saturday in support of jailed Khabarovsk former governor Sergei Furgal. Russian federal police detained protesters in the cities of Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Moscow. https://bit.ly/30m2Kye