DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
President Trump takes his denigration of America's free press to an international platform. Safety concerns for CNN staff surface as threats are received against reporters and their families. Rachel… More
Vietnamese Blogger Mother Mushroom Sentenced to 10 Years’ Imprisonment
(NEW YORK)—Vietnam’s sentencing of the blogger known as “Mother Mushroom” to 10 years in prison after a one-day trial is yet another shocking example of Vietnamese authorities’ institutional assault… More
Doan Viet Hoat | Status: In Exile | Vietnam
Doan Viet Hoat, founder of Freedom Forum, is an advocate of free speech and the release of all political prisoners. Doan was arrested in 1990 for allegedly attempting to… More
Nguyen Chi Thien | Status: Deceased | Vietnam
Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien spent almost 27 years in prison for his "politically irreverent poems" between 1960 and 1991. In 1989 he received the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Transparency organizations file suit to obtain Trump visitor logs, Mexican journalist detained at border despite death threats back home, and more. More
Interview with Vietnamese Journalist and Human Rights Lawyer Trinh Huu Long
One year after the Anh Ba Sam court decision, PEN America publishes its interview with Trinh Huu Long, a Vietnamese journalist and human rights lawyer who stepped in to… More
The Best We Could Do
I think a lot of Americans forget that for the Vietnamese the war continued, whether America was involved or not. More
March Featured Case: Vietnamese Bloggers Imprisoned for “Anti-State” Articles
One year ago this month, Vietnamese bloggers Nguyen Huu Vinh and Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy were convicted of publishing anti-state articles and sentenced to five and three years in… More
President Obama: Press Vietnam to Release Imprisoned Activists
PEN America joins a coalition of organizations calling on President Obama to press for the release of imprisoned activists in Vietnam. More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., December 22
Chinese rights lawyer given suspended prison term, Ukrainian nationalists call for release of journalist murder suspects, Russian activist flees. More
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