Media Advisory: PEN PROTESTA!
PEN International and the PEN Club de México present “PEN Protesta! In Support of Journalists and Freedom of Expression,” a public demonstration of solidarity and a demand for accountability… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Today, PEN International will mark the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day of action intended to recognize and support writers who have resisted repression of… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Today, PEN International will mark the 30th annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer, an international day of action intended to recognize and support writers who have resisted repression of… More
Journalist Abducted and Murdered in Veracruz State
PEN International protests the abduction and murder in Veracruz state of Notiver journalist Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz, whose decapitated body was found on July 26, 2011, two days… More
PEN International Commemorates 50 Years of Work on Day of the Imprisoned Writer
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International commemorates its 50th year in 2010 on the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer, and pays tribute to 41 writers… More
Mexican Drug Cartels Threaten Freedom Of Press
Luis Carlos Santiago’s last moments were spent in a shopping mall parking lot in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez. More
An Evening in Solidarity with Mexican Journalists at PEN American
Paul Auster opened proceedings, reading from the controversial Diario de Juarez editorial published on September 18th this year, after El Diario photographer Luis Carlos Santiago (the second of two… More
Novelist Laura Esquivel reads at event in support of Mexican journos
Novelists Laura Esquivel, Paul Auster and Don DeLillo will be reading next Tuesday at Cooper Union as part of an evening in support of Mexican journalists whose work on… More
On World Press Freedom Day, PEN Launches Americas Campaign
PEN American Center is marking World Press Freedom Day today by launching the “Freedom to Write in the Americas” campaign which will run through the rest of 2009, and… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN is marking the 26th Writers in Prison Day 2006 (November 15) with a campaign in defense of nearly 100 writers and… More