The Belarus elections are just around the corner. Writers from Belarus shared their thoughts on the rise in politically charged arrests intended to silence the opposition of the Lukashenko regime. Learn more with PEN America's @PSadovskaya2020's blog post: https://bit.ly/2EwyzvJ

The Philippines will reimpose a stricter coronavirus lockdown in and around the capital for two weeks from Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte announced, as the country struggles to contain infections that have jumped to more than 100,000 cases. https://bit.ly/2Xq8apQ

Join PEN America & @usc_uschina on 8/5 for a discussion of PEN America's upcoming report on how Chinese censors have spread their influence across filmmaking in the U.S. — incl. recommendations for how Hollywood can chart a better path forward: https://bit.ly/30tYkFH.