PEN Case Studies in Digital Freedom – Censorship
In this series of posts, we demonstrate how we use the PEN Declaration on Digital Freedom to defend writers, bloggers, and activists. We'll look at internet censorship in China… More
PEN Launches New Declaration on Digital Freedom
PEN launched its new Declaration on Digital Freedom at the Istanbul Book Fair, signaling our embrace of free expression challenges in the 21st century. More
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On #IndependenceDay2022, after the attack on @SalmanRushdie (who wrote stunningly on this day’s power in Midnight’s Children♥️), I’m thinking about how critical #FreedomOfSpeech is to any #democracy
Sharing a #poem published today by @PENamerica to commemorate #IndiaAt75
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"We forgot that nothing is permanent, least of all freedom"—@ghazalawahab
Read all the contributions to PEN America's #IndiaAt75 anthology at: http://PEN.org/india-at-75
For the 75th anniversary of Indian independence, I participated in this extraordinary project, which brings together over a hundred Indian and diaspora writers to reflect on free expression and democracy https://pen.org/india-at-75/