A Blacklisted Screenwriter on American Surveillance
Screenwriter and producer Walter Bernstein views new revelations of NSA spying through the lens of national and personal history More
Groups call for EU action against mass surveillance
Regarding the online petition calling on leaders of the European Union to halt mass surveillance practices. More
PEN, Book Community Partners Renew Call to Amend Patriot Act
In the wake of revelations about the scope of the U.S. government's secret surveillance programs, organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers, and authors today called on Congress to pass legislation… More
Urgent Call for Content for PEN Amicus Curiae Brief on the Dangers of Surveillance
A Call to PEN members and supporters to submit literary quotes and passages reflecting on surveillance, free expression, and creative freedom More
From Prospero to PRISM: 5 Questions about Surveillance and Literature with David Rosen and Aaron Santesso
What can literature tell us about surveillance? We grilled David Rosen and Aaron Santesso, authors of the new book on literature and surveillance entitled The Watchman in Pieces, to… More
Surveillance and International Law
The Special Rapporteurs on Freedom of Expression of the UN and the OAS weigh in on the legal framework for surveillance programs More
PEN Protests Shocking NSA Phone Surveillance
PEN American Center President Peter Godwin called the surveillance “a shocking intrusion” that “underscores our worst fears that the U.S. government has veered off the rails in its understanding… More
PEN Decries Supreme Court Surveillance Decision
PEN American Center today denounced a Supreme Court ruling that scuttles a challenge by PEN and other human rights groups to the government’s secret telephone and Internet surveillance program,… More
A Report on PEN’s SCOTUS Hearing
On a day when the rest of Washington was shuttered and hunkered down for Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court stuck it out and heard arguments over whether PEN and… More
PEN Appears Before Supreme Court
PEN and other human rights organizations challenge the U.S. government's secret NSA surveillance program. More
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