YEMEN: Death sentence against prominent writer
PEN is deeply concerned about the death sentence issued by a Houthi court in Sana’a against Yahya al-Jubaihi, a prominent Yemeni writer and journalist, after a grossly unfair trial.… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The ACLU posts billboards of the First Amendment in Arabic and Spanish, Uganda tries to commit president's critic to a mental institution, and more. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., January 26
Chinese journalist seeking refuge disappears, Journalists accused of 'non-denunciation' to appear in Cameroon Court tomorrow, Ugandan journalists prevented from covering Parliament. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., January 21
Prominent Venezuelan journalist murdered, Al Jazeera reporter goes missing, Amal Clooney attacked for support of Khadijah Ismayilova. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., October 27
Egypt arrests three journalists in five days, Free Alaa Abdel Fattah campaign stirs social media, and the Ubud Writers Festival is censored. More
The PEN Ten with Nathan Deuel
When you've lived and worked in places where writing can get you killed, where the act of telling the truth can take down powers, it's hard to have anything… More
PEN Goes to the UN
For the past three weeks, I’ve been trudging up to the UN to engage with the Human Rights Committee. The main building of the Secretariat remains under construction so… More
Journalist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
On January 17, 2011, journalist Abdulaelah Haider Shaea was given a five-year prison sentence for his coverage of Islamist groups in the Arabian peninsula. More