PEN America condemns arrest of Tunisian cartoonist for mocking the Prime Minister
PEN America condemns the arrest of political cartoonist Tawfiq Omrane following the publication of a satirical cartoon mocking Tunisan prime minister, Ahmed Hachani. More
PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of July 31
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. More
Crackdown on Free Expression and Dissent Widens in Tunisia, With Arrest of Poet and Scholar Sami Dhibi Over a Facebook Post
Justin Shilad, Middle East and North Africa research and advocacy lead at PEN America, said: “Dhibi’s arrest is a sign of a government afraid of its own people, and… More
Government Seizure of Book Critical of Tunisian President Is Another “Alarming Sign” of Deteriorating Democracy in the Country
(NEW YORK)— PEN America today condemned Tunisian President Kais Saied, who gave a speech about freedom of thought to open the country's national book fair, only to then have… More
PEN America Decries Shutdown of Tunisian TV Station Over Critical Poem
Tunisian government officials this week shut down a television station after a host read aloud a poem critical of dictatorship. More
DARE: A Self-Proclaimed White Nationalist Planned a Mass Terrorist Attack, the Government Says
On the same day President Trump directly attacks the New York Times as the 'enemy of the people,' law enforcement officials uncover Maryland man's plot... More
DARE: How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral
POLITICO describes how the #releasethememo campaign was fueled by “computational propaganda,’’ including Russian bots that gamed social media in a disinformation campaign largely successful in confusing and distracting the… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
A woman is suing the man behind a surge of troll attacks on her and her family, the Chief of the DHS says congressional critics should shut up, and… More
December Featured Cases: Creative Artists At Risk
Throughout the past year, disturbing violations of the right to create, access, and enjoy the arts have occurred across the globe. Dozens of creative artists are currently serving prison… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Friday, September 16
Chinese citizens arrested for posting online about Wukan rebellion, independent newspaper shut down in South Sudan, and Timothy Garton Ash on trigger warning and safe spaces. More
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