Sattar Beheshti

The Vasyl Stus Freedom to Write Award

The Vasyl Stus Freedom to Write Award recognizes a writer persecuted for the peaceful expression of his or her views and whose courage in the face of censorship and… More

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penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
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Join us to hear Linda Labeija read work from the 2022 Prison Writing Awards at Break Out on Dec 2nd. RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/break-out-celebrating-the-2022-pen-america-prison-writing-award-winners-tickets-433513068257

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technolibrary C Foote [email protected] @technolibrary ·
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So I did a thing for #GivingTuesday ! Do you support the FReadom to read? Then fight back by making your own Orange Challenge video and donate to organizations defending FReadom like @PENamerica @OIF @EveryLibrary @UABookBans https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRCuYYMG/

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penamerica PEN America @penamerica ·
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"In the case of social media, the regulation of your speech is the product. If a platform becomes too toxic, then it is useless for anyone except those who want an extremist ghetto of agitators," writes @NesrineMalik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/28/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-donald-trump-kanye-west #FreeSpeech #ElonMusk #Twitter

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