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Forcibly Expelled, Stripped of Their Citizenship and Deported to the U.S., Nicaraguan Writers and Artists Face “Fear and Uncertainty”

Press ReleaseFebruary 17, 2023

“We are relieved that these individuals are no longer behind bars after being unjustly detained by the Ortega government. However, we are deeply concerned that they were deported against… More

Alarm Over Reported Deportation of Nicaraguan Musician Leonardo Canales

Press ReleaseApril 21, 2022

“Canales’ arrest and deportation is yet another attack on the Nicaraguan creative community by the increasingly authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo,” said Julie Trébault, Director of… More

anti-government protesters are arrested and taken away by police

PEN America Condemns Nicaragua’s Ongoing Press Crackdown, Political Repression

Press ReleaseSeptember 7, 2021

PEN America today decried the ongoing crackdown on press and political freedom in the country in advance of elections later this year. More

Minnesota Campus Free Speech Protestor

DARE: If There Is a Free-Speech ‘Crisis’ on Campus, Lawmakers Are Making It Worse

News DigestApril 2, 2019

PEN America releases new report on the state of free expression on college campuses at a time of heightened political polarization. (Find the report here.) Organizations across the political... More

Mike Pompeo

DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees

News DigestMarch 19, 2019

State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More

DARE: The Interview Egypt’s Government Doesn’t Want on TV

News DigestJanuary 4, 2019

CBS's 60 Minutes refuses request from Egyptian government to refrain from broadcasting interview with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. President Trump... More

stack of newspapers

DARE: Cyberattack Disrupts Printing of Major U.S. Newspapers

News DigestJanuary 2, 2019

Netflix deletes an episode of 'Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj' after Saudi Arabia complains. Publisher says cyberattack caused printing and distribution... More

DARE: Man charged with making death threats to Boston Globe over Trump editorials

News DigestAugust 31, 2018

A California man is arrested for death threats against Boston Globe employees that included calling them “the enemy of the people.’’ More

DARE: Trump Wakes Up Complaining About Negative Google Search Results About Himself. ‘Illegal?’

News DigestAugust 28, 2018

President Trump complains about Google search results for "Trump News" and asks if illegal. Facebook bans Myanmar's army commander in chief following Rohingya genocide report. More

Hilary Clinton

DARE: Clinton: No surprise Trump is joking about throwing reporters in jail

News DigestApril 23, 2018

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, delivering the Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture to cap PEN America’s World Voices Festival, speaks out about threats to press freedom around… More

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