Chinese Writer Yang Tongyan Released on Medical Parole for Brain Tumor
News that Chinese dissident writer and 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Yang Tongyan was released on medical parole for brain cancer is another appalling reminder of… More
Sentence of Activist Pai Dao Din Manifestly Unjust, Attempt to Silence Critics of Thai Military Rulers
The sentencing of Thai democracy activist “Pai Dao Din” for nothing more than a Facebook post is another outrageous application of Thailand’s lèse-majesté law designed to silence critics of… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
The President of the United States expresses support for white supremacists and Nazis. -PEN America More
Trump Administration Targets Critics in DOJ Search Warrant for Visitors to Protest Website
Reports that the Justice Department served a warrant on an internet company, demanding it turn over records that could be used to identify more than a million visitors to… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump belatedly condemns violence at Charlottesville but rails against so-called 'fake news' afterwards; DOJ demands IP addresses of visitors to anti-Trump site, debates on hate speech continue but legal… More
Where is Liu Xia?
Liu Xia was never accused of a crime. She was punished to punish her husband and as a lesson to a nation. Now no one knows where she is.… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Violence in Charlottesville, and White House's false equivalences, cause outrage across America; Sinclair Broadcasting Group's merger with Tribune would give it access to TV markets in swing states and… More
Protecting Free Speech Rights of White Nationalist Protests in Charlottesville Does Not Require Us to Stay Silent
When the only way to ensure public safety is to shut down speech, all sides lose. More
Statement on the abduction and torture of Hong Kong activist Howard Lam
The kidnapping and mutilation of Hong Kong Democratic Party member Howard Lam, who was warned not to send a token of esteem to Chinese poet Liu Xia, is an… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Trump doubles down on North Korea, Google cancels town hall after employees targeted in online harassment campaign, Russia sentences journalist to prison on extremism charges, and more in free… More
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