Grave Concern for Poet Zhang Guiqi, Sentenced to Six Years in Prison, for Calling on Xi Jinping to Step Down
PEN America and the Independent Chinese PEN Centre condemn the conviction of poet Zhang Guiqi and calls for his immediate release. More
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From school board meetings to statehouses to newsrooms to digital spaces—free expression is under threat around the world.
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Astonishing report from @RANDCorporation on educational gag orders, based on their own national teacher survey & @PENamerica's report. Takeaways: teachers are self-censoring, & gag order restrictions fall disproportionately on Black teachers. Quotes in 🧵: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA134-16.html
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