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U.S. Government-Funded Broadcasters Must Remain Free from Political Interference

Press ReleaseOctober 28, 2020

"Michael Pack’s tortured explanation for the action he has purported to have taken to de-professionalize the journalism at VOA and other respected news outlets likely violates the 1994 law… More

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PEN America Rejects Proposed DHS Visa Changes for Foreign Nationals

Press ReleaseOctober 27, 2020

“The last thing the United States should be doing is putting unnecessary bureaucratic impediments in the way of foreign journalists." More

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DHS Proposed Visa Rule Change “Xenophobic and Cruel”

Press ReleaseOctober 5, 2020

"By setting arbitrarily strict limits on visa terms for a range of foreign nationals, this is yet another move by the Trump administration to hinder international exchange, as well… More

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Reported VOA Visa Decision Puts Journalists at Risk

Press ReleaseJuly 9, 2020

"This reported decision puts the lives of intrepid, free-thinking foreign journalists at risk." More

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Steps to Bar Chinese Students Are Discriminatory

Press ReleaseMay 28, 2020

“These proposals risk institutionalizing nationality-based discrimination, full stop." More

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Shortlisted for an Oscar, Syrian Filmmaker Denied U.S. Travel Visa

Press ReleaseJanuary 3, 2020

“The denial of Fayyad’s visa shows how the travel ban continues to disrupt and prevent the free flow of artists and ideas across borders, in the process undermining a… More

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PEN America Condemns Rejection of U.S. Visas for Mexican Play’s Cast and Crew

Press ReleaseSeptember 30, 2019

“This is just the latest in a deeply disturbing trend limiting international cultural and intellectual exchange in the U.S.” More

DARE: Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked

News DigestAugust 27, 2019

Computer systems of cities and towns across America hit by ransomware attacks. ABC faces criticism for hiring former White House press secretary Sean... More

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Incoming Harvard Freshman Denied Visa Based on Friends’ Social Media Posts

Press ReleaseAugust 27, 2019

“This is a move so perverse, so grotesque as to defy explanation. Preventing a 17-year-old with a scholarship to attend Harvard from entering the U.S. because his friends critiqued the… More

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President Trump Offers Pretext for Visa Social Media Policy

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By: Thomas Melia, Joshua Smith | July 29, 2019

Ferreting out the pretext those in power use to mask their motivations is not an exercise of idle speculation but crucial to defending free expression. More

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PEN America staff recommends books by women that had a lasting impact on their lives for #WomensHistoryMonth!

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Cancellation of Drag Benefit Show on Texas Campus Goes Against Norms of Free Expression https://pen.org/press-release/cancellation-of-drag-benefit-show-on-texas-campus-goes-against-norms-of-free-expression/

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Publishing, selling, and owning books is increasingly becoming more dangerous in Hong Kong. Authorities have wielded the colonial-era sedition law to crack down on books on HK’s 2019-20 protests, claiming they "incite hatred" of the government. (1/5) https://pen.org/press-release/hong-kong-authorities-should-drop-sedition-charges-against-book-sellers-pen-america-says/

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