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Coalition Calls for COVID-19 Relief for Arts and Literary Sectors

Press ReleaseApril 17, 2020

There is a specific and substantial contribution to economic recovery that can come from sustaining literary, arts and cultural organizations across the country. More

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Egyptian Institutions Ban Mahraganat Genre of Music and Threaten Legal Action Against Artists and Listeners

Press ReleaseFebruary 24, 2020

“New genres of music so often emerge as the voice of those who feel they have been neglected or left behind, and whose voices might otherwise not be heard… 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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Reports: Group of Artists Traveling to U.S. to Attend Their Own Exhibition Face Visa Delays

Press ReleaseNovember 8, 2019

“The travel ban remains a troubling cornerstone of the current administration, with news like this highlighting ways the government limits cultural and intellectual exchange at the expense of democracy." More

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Cameroonian Rapper Valsero Released After Nearly Nine Months of Detention

Press ReleaseOctober 5, 2019

We are overjoyed that Valsero is finally free to reunite with his family and make music in peace. More

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PEN America to Monitor Trial of Unjustly Incarcerated Cameroonian Rapper

Press ReleaseOctober 3, 2019

PEN America has called his persecution an “inexcusable violation of artistic freedom of expression,” and says the charges must be dropped immediately. More

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PEN America Says Arrest of Cuban Artists Part of an Ongoing Campaign of Harassment

Press ReleaseOctober 2, 2019

“The arrest of Nancy Alfaya and continual harassment she and her husband Jorge Olivera Castillo have experienced are part of a deeply disturbing trend of silencing independent artists and… More

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Charges Must be Dropped Against Two Zimbabwean Filmmakers and Two Other Artists For Film Screening

Press ReleaseJuly 29, 2019

“The Zimbabwean authorities’ targeting of filmmakers and culture professionals is an alarming attack on artistic freedom,” said Julie Trébault, Director of the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) at PEN… More

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PEN America Calls for Reversal of Prison Sentences Imposed on Turkish Filmmakers Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel for Documentary Bakur

Press ReleaseJuly 23, 2019

“Criminalizing Ertuğrul Mavioğlu and Çayan Demirel’s work is a serious blow for artistic freedom of expression in Turkey.  Artists must have the freedom to explore any subject matter, regardless… More

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Miami City Commission’s Ending “One-Way Cultural Exchange” with Cuba an Absurd Approach to Protesting Artistic Repression

Press ReleaseJune 18, 2019

Restricting cultural exchange and artistic expression is an absurd way to address the repressive environment for artistic freedom in Cuba. The Miami City Commission is right to be outraged… More

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