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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

Two Years After the Rigged Belarus Election, the United States Can Do More to Call Out Aleksandr Lukashenka’s Abuses

analysisAugust 8, 2022

By Polina Sadovskaya The fraudulent election of Aleksandr Lukashenka as president of Belarus on August 9, 2020 surprised no one. Everyone expected him to ‘win,’ but very few wanted him… More

Headshots of Nasrin Sotoudeh and Loujain Al-Hathloul, with the hashtags #FreeNasrin and #FreeLoujain overlayed on top

[VIRTUAL] #FreeNasrinandLoujain: Virtual Reading of Women Writers at Risk around the World

Thursday, May 27, 2021 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] PEN America and Ms. Magazine Present: ‘Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iran’s Mandela’

Monday, December 21, 2020 | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
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Polina Kovaleva and Oleg Sentsov Q&A, PEN America

Oleg’s Freedom and What’s Next for Prisoners of Conscience

By: Polina Sadovskaya | November 5, 2019

In this PEN Q&A, Polina Kovaleva reflects on the Oleg Sentsov's release from a Russian prison and what it means for other political prisoners. More

DARE: Facebook Won’t Ban Infowars in its Fake-News Purge

News DigestJuly 13, 2018

Facebook invokes free speech principles when pressed on why its campaign against misinformation doesn’t include taking down the InfoWars page that peddles false conspiracy theories. NPR reports that Russians… More

DARE: American identities hijacked to fake support for Trump policies

News DigestJanuary 3, 2018

Further evidence emerges of hijacked American identities being used in fake public comments to inflate support for Trump policies. Twitter temporarily... More

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The Russian authorities said on Thursday that they had detained an American journalist, Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal correspondent based in Moscow, accusing him of espionage. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/world/europe/russia-wsj-reporter-detained-gershkovich.html

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#Bangladesh: Journalist Shamsuzzaman Shams charged over story about rising food prices

According to a local thinktank, nearly 3,000 people have been charged under the Digital Security Act since it was enacted in 2018, including about 280 journalists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/30/bangladesh-journalist-charged-over-story-about-rising-food-prices?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Texas Observer will continue publishing after staff crowdfunds more than $300,000.

The crusading liberal magazine had planned to lay off its staff after its nonprofit board voted to shut down. But it reversed course on Wednesday.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/29/texas-observer-keep-publishing/

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