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Mexico: Another Journalist Murdered in Veracruz

Press ReleaseJuly 21, 2016

PEN America condemns the killing of Mexican journalist Pedro Tamayo Rosas. Tamayo, a reporter and editor in the eastern state of Veracruz, was shot and killed on July 20th… More

Bangladesh: Publisher’s Ongoing Detention Illustrates Need for Legal Reform

Press ReleaseJune 20, 2016

The continued detention of Bangladeshi publisher Shamsuzzoha Manik is an undue restriction on freedom of expression in a current environment of extreme risk for those who express dissenting views,… More

Statement to UNHRC about Free Expression Deterioriation in Bangladesh

AdvocacyJune 7, 2016

PEN America, along with a group of leading human rights organizations, has submitted the following statement highlighting our deep concern at the decline in free expression in Bangladesh to… More

UNHRC: Investigate Writer and Activist Murders in Bangladesh

AdvocacyMay 2, 2016

PEN America led a group of sixteen human rights organizations in issuing a statement calling for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry by the United Nations Human Rights… More

Bangladesh: Academic Murdered in Another Brutal Killing

AdvocacyApril 23, 2016

PEN America joins PEN Bangladesh in calling on the Bangladeshi government to investigate the April 23 killing of Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique and to bring his killers to trial. More

Bangladesh: Murder of Student Continues Assault on Free Expression

Press ReleaseApril 6, 2016

NEW YORK—PEN America condemns the brutal killing of a student in Bangladesh today in what appears to be another targeted attack by Islamist militants on those who express dissident… More

PEN Joins Coalition Calling on Secretary Kerry to Grant Visas to Threatened Bangladeshi Bloggers

Press ReleaseDecember 21, 2015

A coalition of free expression and human rights advocacy groups led by PEN American Center today released an open letter to the U.S. Department of State urging the swift… More

Secretary Kerry: Grant Humanitarian Parole for Group of Targeted Bangladeshi Bloggers

AdvocacyDecember 21, 2015

PEN and several leading organizations write an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry to ask for humanitarian parole visas... More

Bangladesh: Social Media Platform Blocking Signals Further Free Expression Degradation

Press ReleaseDecember 14, 2015

The blocking of access to Facebook, Viber, Whatsapp, and other similar services in Bangladesh indicates a further degradation of free expression in a country that has seen increased violent… More

PEN Testimony at Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Briefing on Bangladesh

Advocacy
By: PEN America | December 14, 2015

Our director of Free Expression Programs, Karin Deutsch Karlekar, presented testimony to bring attention to the targeted killings of bloggers and publishers in Bangladesh. More

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