Arrest of PEN Belarus Member Represents Another Attack on Cultural Leaders
"These disgraceful, ongoing attacks on people exercising their basic rights to expression and peaceful protest must end." More
PEN America Calls for the Immediate Release of PEN Belarus Members and Employees
"PEN America is outraged at the unjust detention of our colleagues, leaders of a venerated literary and human rights organization." More
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ICYMI: On #thePENpod, PEN America CEO @SuzanneNossel takes on the toughest questions about the past week in free speech. LISTEN 🎧 : https://bit.ly/3kBFG8x.
Don't miss our FREE virtual roundtable conversation this coming Monday 9/27 on Gender Identity, Sexuality & Free Expression in Alabama, featuring @emrysdo, @MBPratt, Joi Miner & Brontez Purnell. In partnership with @ACLUAlabama. Register here: https://bit.ly/3lLIbot.
The freedom to read and learn should be one we all defend. My @PENamerica colleague on how censorship by a few limits our rights and the free flow of ideas.
FOX 7 Discussion: Campaign to reinstate banned books at Leander ISD https://www.fox7austin.com/news/fox-7-discussion-campaign-to-reinstate-banned-books-at-leander-isd
