China Moves to Charge Imprisoned Australian Novelist With Espionage
PEN America speaks out against the ongoing confinement, abuse, and now pending indictment against Australian writer Yang Hengjun. More
China Is Fighting the Coronavirus Propaganda War to Win
“China’s expulsion this week of American journalists... represents a dangerous escalation of a feud over the freedom of each country’s journalists to report from inside the other’s borders.” More
China Expels U.S. Journalists
(New York, NY) – The Chinese government announced today it would expel U.S. journalists working for The New York Times, Washington Post, and other outlets. Suzanne Nossel, CEO of… More
PEN America Concerned Over Detained Chinese Poet’s Safety
PEN America is concerned that the continuing lack of publicly available information around the detention of Chinese poet Cui Haoxin, arrested in late January, may enable Chinese authorities to… More
Publisher Gui Minhai Issued Lengthy Prison Sentence by Chinese Court
“Gui Minhai’s 10-year prison sentence is a wildly unjust punishment, based on absurd and politically motivated charges.” More
China Detains Coronavirus Reporter
“Given China’s widespread censorship of stories about the coronavirus, PEN America is gravely concerned over the possibility that Chen has been arbitrarily detained and that authorities are using ‘quarantine’… More
China’s Detention of Muslim Poet is Attempt to Silence Opposition
“While we don’t know what precisely triggered An Ran’s detention this time, it is patently obvious that he is being targeted yet again for his courage in acting as… More
An Open Letter to His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China
We, the undersigned members of the literary, academic, and linguistic community, join PEN America in calling for the release of Tibetan language advocate Tashi Wangchuk. More
Closure of China’s Largest Independent Film Festival Alarming Sign for Free Expression
(New York, NY) – The announcement that China’s largest independent film festival will shut down is an alarming indication of the tightening chokehold the Chinese government has on arts… More
China’s Sentencing of University of Minnesota Student Violates Free Speech Guarantees
“It is obvious that China is attempting to send a signal with Luo Daiqing’s conviction—they are telling overseas Chinese citizens that there is no place where they are free… More
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We @PENamerica are suing President #Trump for his threats and acts of retaliation vs. critical media. Now yet more evidence that he favors sycophantic outlets, even to the point of compromising health and safety by allowing them to crowd briefings. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/oann-is-booted-from-white-house-press-room-after-correspondent-chanel-rion-makes-second-unauthorized-appearance/2020/04/01/ae27e19a-7439-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
PEN America’s @summerelopez writes about the role professional journalists are playing as first responders meeting needs of communities anxious for truthful information in this opinion piece for @NYDailyNews. https://bit.ly/2xC5PhM
Last year I started a habit of making a donation every time I receive a literary rejection. I know a lot of writers are struggling due to the pandemic so when I received a rejection this morning, I donated to @PENamerica Writer’s Emergency Fund. Please spread the word! https://twitter.com/penamerica/status/1245339095343206404