PEN at the UN Human Rights Council: Will China Listen?
In China, as we documented in The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today’s China, repression by the government is on the rise, and continues to grow in the… More
PEN Presses UN on Free Expression in Nigeria and China
PEN's submissions to the UN on Nigeria and China spotlight widespread censorship and dangers for writers, musicians, and filmmakers. More
PEN Ups Pressure in Mexico as Another Journalist Is Murdered
The murder this week of Jaime Guadalupe González Dominguez, who edited and reported for the community news web site Ojinaga Noticias in Ojinaga, Chihuahua, is the first killing of… More
Venezuelan PEN Challenges Country’s Human Rights Record at UN
Last Friday in Geneva, it was Venezuela’s turn to be examined by the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations. Venezuelan PEN worked closely with International PEN to submit… More
Alert Us
Are you an artist at risk or know someone who is?
PEN America On 
[email protected] and @jodipicoult have both faced book bans in the U.S. #BannedBooks stifle speech — especially around race, gender, American history, and LGBTQ+ identities. Join Jenny and Jodi in supporting PEN America's work defending the freedom to read: https://donorbox.org/2022-year-end-book-bans-jj
I spoke up against Musk and now my email inbox is filled with harassing emails and people are threatening me on socials. I won't be intimidated and I will continue to speak out against hate.
‘I can’t take up a weapon, so I create’: how #Ukraine’s artists are taking on Putin’s Russia https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/26/ukraine-russia-war-arts-artists-culture?CMP=share_btn_tw