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A barrister on trial for inciting Hongkongers to take part in a banned Tiananmen Massacre vigil said she had merely urged people not to forget the 1989 bloodshed and the court should not engage in “the trial of speech.” https://bit.ly/3Eli0Nc

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When writers, journalists and others are threatened and attacked on social media, many are forced to leave those platforms or stop writing altogether. Tell social media companies they need to step up to #FightOnlineAbuseNOW by signing our petition today: https://bit.ly/2YPEUMU.

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Check out this week's #PENTen interview with Christopher Gonzalez (@livesinpages) as we discuss his new short story collection, I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT, why he writes about the experiences of younger queer people, and more: https://bit.ly/3rwBuL9.

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