DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
North Carolina officials reach compromise on "bathroom bill" that is criticized by LGBT advocates, DOE office bans use of phrase "climate change, and more. More
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Trump's cuts to the arts hit home, Rex Tillerson faces opposition on press access, Belarus represses rising protests, a journalist dies in Mexico, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Donald Trump repeats many of his debunked falsehoods in an interview with Time, Mike Huckabee defends the NEA, and more. More
TURKEY: Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel must be released immediately
PEN expresses grave concern at the arrest and detention of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel, who was charged on February 27, 2017, with incitement to hatred and making propaganda in… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Republicans start lining up to protect the N.E.A and N.E.H., Philadelphia cancels their Cinco de Mayo parade after fears of ICE raids, and more. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Cultural icons demand Trump spare arts funding, Secretary Tillerson allows Fox News but excludes others from his DMZ meeting, and more. More
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A federal judge in Hawaii temporarily blocks Trump's revised travel ban, the administration's new budget could have dire effects on NEH and NEA, and more. More
Joint Statement on the Deterioration of Freedom of Expression and Media Freedom in Turkey
This was originally presented as an oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council by Sarah Clarke of PEN International on March 15, 2017. PEN International, ARTICLE 19, and 66 organizations are deeply… More
“Reporting on Terrorism is not the same as being a Terrorist”: The Arrest of Deniz Yücel in Turkey
The recent arrest of Turkish-German journalist Deniz Yücel is another nail in the coffin of free expression and media freedom in Turkey. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
59% of Americans don't agree with Trump that the media is "the enemy of the American people", head organizers arrested at New York women's march, and more. More