In the lead up to the Belarus elections, there has been a wave of politically charged arrests to silence opposition of the Lukashenko regime. PEN America & @pen_belarus are sharing the thoughts of Belarusian writers during this time. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2EwyzvJ

Yesterday, PEN America released a report "calling out the American film industry for self-censorship," detailing the ways China’s power has influenced storytelling in Hollywood. Read the full report at https://bit.ly/2EMHWra. https://lat.ms/2DqCABw

PEN America documents the influence Chinese gov't censorship has over US filmmaking. "The Chinese Communist Party, in fact, holds major sway over whether a Hollywood movie will be profitable or not." https://yhoo.it/2DHclqf