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As Iranian authorities summon writer & translator Arash Ganji to prison this weekend to serve an unjust sentence for translating a book, we deliver this message of solidarity from 2011 PEN/ #FreedomToWrite honoree and prisoner of conscience Nasrin Sotoudeh.

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Online abuse—from violent threats and hateful slurs to sexual harassment and doxing—poses a direct and pressing threat to free expression. Sign our petition telling social media platforms to #FightOnlineAbuseNOW: https://bit.ly/2YPEUMU.

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our interview is up 🥲❤️ get to know the 2021 @PENamerica @pen_ev fellows here!

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