Mamadali Mahmudov | Status: Deceased | Uzbekistan
Mamadali Mahmudov is a renowned Uzbek writer and opposition activist who was released in 2013 after serving a 14-year sentence on charges related to a series of explosions in… More
PEN to Secretary Clinton: Stand Up for Human Rights in Uzbekistan
On the eve of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s visit to Uzbekistan and in the midst of discussions in Congress on a bill that would waive restrictions on military and… More
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“Chilling”: GOP has introduced 136 “educational gag order” bills in 37 states just this year
"This year's bills have been strikingly more punitive," warns #PENAmerica
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PEN America's @LieslGerntholtz: "The grotesque sentencing of Salma Al-Shehab"—a Saudi student at Leeds University (U.K.) sentenced to 34 years in prison for her Twitter activity—"is yet another abhorrent restriction of free expression in #SaudiArabia." https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-condemns-grotesque-sentencing-of-saudi-student-to-34-years-in-prison-for-her-tweets/