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You Are Not Alone letter writing campaign

Tell Imprisoned Writers: You Are Not Alone

Advocacy

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

News DigestAugust 14, 2019

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

Lina and Walid Al-Hathloul holding signs at the 2019 PEN America Literary Gala in New York

Saudi Activist Rejects Deal to Recant Torture Allegations

Press ReleaseAugust 13, 2019

“This attempt at coercion is a pathetic effort by the Saudi state to use propaganda to paper over its dire human rights reputation." More

2019 Freedom To Write honorees Eman al-Nafjan and Loujain al-Hathloul

House Condemns Saudi Repression of Activists

Press ReleaseJuly 16, 2019

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

News DigestJuly 15, 2019

As President Trump attacks four Democratic Representatives of color with ever starker language of racism and nativism, news organizations are critiqued... More

2019 PEN America Literary Gala

DARE: Anita Hill, Bob Woodward Honored at Annual PEN America Gala

News DigestMay 22, 2019

Truthtellers and the perseverance and bravery necessary to exercise—and defend—free expression take center stage at the PEN America 2019 Literary Gala... More

2019 PEN America Literary Gala

2019 PEN America Gala Celebrates Dauntless Truthtellers Anita Hill; Bob Woodward; Imprisoned Saudi Writer-Activists Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, and Eman Al-Nafjan; and Scholastic Chairman/CEO Richard Robinson

Press ReleaseMay 22, 2019

"Tonight’s honorees span generations, geographies, and cultures but are united by their fearless fealty to truth." More

2019 Freedom To Write honorees Eman al-Nafjan and Loujain al-Hathloul

SIGN NOW: Demand Charges be Dropped Against Three Saudi Writer-Activists

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Sign the petition to call on the Saudi Arabian government to drop all charges against these courageous writer-activists and 2019 Freedom to Write awardees. More

Headshots of Eman Al-Nafjan and Loujain Al-Hathloul

PEN America to Honor Imprisoned Saudi Writer-Activists and Women’s Rights Champions Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, and Eman Al-Nafjan with the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award at 2019 Literary Gala

Press ReleaseMarch 14, 2019

"We are proud to honor these drivers of change—Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, and Eman Al-Nafjan—for their fearless words and actions, and to send a strong signal that international pressure… More

2019 Freedom To Write honorees Eman al-Nafjan and Loujain al-Hathloul

2019 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award: Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, Eman Al-Nafjan

ProfileMarch 14, 2019

PEN America will honor imprisoned writers Nouf Abdulaziz, Loujain Al-Hathloul, and Eman Al-Nafjan with the 2019 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.  More

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