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PEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week of September 11

Advocacy
By: Manal Khan | September 15, 2023

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

PEN America Criticizes U.S. Human Rights Record at the U.N. Human Rights Committee

Advocacy
By: Anh-Thu Vo | September 13, 2023

PEN America submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on Civil and Political Rights, criticizing the human rights record of the United States on free expression, discrimination, and… More

Ahead of United Nations Review, PEN America Finds Chinese Government Has Failed to Protect Women’s Rights

Press ReleaseMay 11, 2023

“The May 12 review between the Chinese delegation and the UN Committee provides an opportunity for international scrutiny and accountability for the Chinese government’s violation of women’s rights,” said… More

Detailing Severe Human Rights Abuses in Belarus, Leaders Call on the UN Human Rights Council to Extend the Mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Belarus

newsJune 28, 2022

In Taped Reading, Author Margaret Atwood Reads Letter from her Belarusian Translator About the Arrests and Jailing of Writers, Journalists and Publishers   By Suzanne Trimel (NEW YORK)-- The severe deterioration of… More

UN Special Rapporteur on Iran Urged to Raise Imprisonment of Writers Arash Ganji and Reza Khandan Mahabadi, Being Held in Teheran on Wrongful Convictions

Press ReleaseJune 8, 2022

“Arash Ganji and Reza Khandan Mahabadi are in prison for their unequivocal commitment to writing and expression in Iran,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write… More

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The Children of “An Infinity of Cultures*”: A Human Rights Approach to Cultural Mixing

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 | 12:00 pm ET
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Communication to the UN Commission on the Status of Women on the Persecution of Iranian Women’s Rights Defenders

AdvocacyJuly 21, 2021

We joined Iranian human rights organizations to alert the UN CSW to the persecution and prosecution of women human rights defenders in Iran. More

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The PEN Pod: The Propagation of Disinformation and Protocols of Protest with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewMarch 26, 2021

“It’s an ecosystem—a dysfunctional, polluted ecosystem. Within that ecosystem, among the most powerful actors—no question about it—are the social media companies.” More

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Saudi Official’s Death Threat Against UN Investigator Shows “Outright Lawlessness”

Press ReleaseMarch 25, 2021

It is hardly surprising that the regime behind his killing would view her work as a threat, but the horrifying revelation that a Saudi official threatened to murder Callamard… More

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PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel Testifies in the House on Human Rights and Saudi Arabia

Commentary
By: Suzanne Nossel | March 17, 2021

“The regime’s determination to hunt down dissenters wherever they are instills a sense of fear from which there is no escape, even far beyond Saudi borders.” More

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