PEN America Files Friend of the Court Brief in Michigan Right to Literacy Case
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Yet more proof that @realDonaldTrump is determined to retaliate against the press for unfavorable coverage - a letter threatening to sue CNN. That's why @PENamerica is suing Trump. His job is to uphold the 1st Amendment, not flout it.
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On Friday, the UN condemned Egypt over recent arrests of prominent activists and demanded that Cairo probe allegations that activists were tortured by security services while in custody: https://t.co/jpU8X63FYJ via @AFP.
The head of the @CPJAsia program Steven Butler was denied entry into Pakistan early Friday and sent home in what appears to be the latest move in an ongoing crackdown against media freedom and dissent: https://t.co/aPT7tXDtVV via @AlJazeera.