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Threats Against Commencement Speakers Raise Alarm for Deterioration of Discourse on U.S. University Campuses
NEW YORK—Death threats against Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor who criticized Trump in a speech to graduates and demands that activist Linda Sarsour be disinvited as a commencement speaker at… More
BookExpo to Honor PEN America with Industry Ambassador Award for Unrelenting Advocacy on Behalf of Writers, Readers, and Publishers
NEW YORK—BookExpo America announced today that it will honor PEN America with the seventh annual Industry Ambassador Award, to be presented on June 1, 2017, at the book industry's annual trade… More
Egypt Uses Threat of ‘Terrorism’ to Silence Dissent Online
Egypt Uses Threat of ‘Terrorism’ to Silence Dissent Online, Blocks 21 News Sites More
MEXICO: Authorities Must Act Urgently To Ensure Safety Of Abducted Reporter
The abduction of journalist and director of 6TV Salvador Adame Pardo on May 18 is another grave example of the escalating dangers facing Mexican journalists in recent weeks and… More
Montana G.O.P. Candidate Gianforte’s Attack on Reporter Intensifies Trend of Press Abuse
Escalating attacks on the press stemming from President Trump's repeated denunciations of the media, marked by Montana G.O.P. candidate Greg Gianforte's assault last night on reporter Ben Jacobs, forewarn… More
Raid on Theater Director Kirill Serebrennikov Amplifies Russian Campaign To Control Artistic Expression
Russian authorities’ raid on renowned theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is demonstrative of an intensifying trend of persecutions of artistic figures the government cannot control. More
New Budget Proposal a Potential “Deathblow” to Arts and Culture Funding
President Trump’s proposal to completely defund the United States’ federal arts and culture institutions in the 2018 budget would deprive millions of Americans access to valuable and enriching programs,… More
Trump’s First Foreign Trip Risks Sending Wrong Message on Free Expression Rights
NEW YORK—The White House must ensure that journalists traveling abroad with President Trump and Secretary Tillerson are granted the access required to do their jobs, PEN America said today. … More
Court Orders Retrial for Ahmed Naji
The court's decision to order a retrial for the novelist prolongs a legal battle over free expression in Egypt that has already gone on far too long. More
BANGLADESH: Government directive for officials to monitor journalists abroad restricts free expression
NEW YORK—The government of Bangladesh’s May 17 directive for its international diplomatic missions to monitor the activities of Bangladeshi journalists traveling abroad encourages self-censorship and is an underhanded maneuver… More
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