Six Journalists Pardoned and Released
International PEN welcomes the September 3, 2009 release of the six Gambian journalists who were given a two-year prison sentence last month for sedition and defamation after they criticized… More
Six Journalists Jailed for Criticizing President
International PEN is outraged by the two-year prison sentence and heavy fines imposed on six Gambian journalists who criticized President Yahya Jammeh for making inappropriate comments about the unsolved… More
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We applaud the introduction of @RepDeSaulnier's Saving Local News Act, which will recognize local journalism as a public good and benefit its sustainability nationwide by making it easier for local news outlets to become nonprofits. Read more here: http://bit.ly/31ceXIs
We're hosting @PENamerica 2021 Prison Writing Awards! Join us Dec 15 @ 7PM EST for a virtual celebration of selected pieces by incarcerated authors read by some of our favorite writers @baratunde @Piper @MitchSJackson @JackieWoodson @illuminatemics & more!
https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/break-out-pen-america-virtual-20211215
#PENLitAwards judges hail from across the world and represent a wide range of disciplines, backgrounds, identities, and aesthetic lineages, and are award-winning writers themselves. Learn more about our 2022 judges here: https://bit.ly/3qy3ddU.
