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PEN Honors Ilham Tohti with PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
PEN American Center announced today that it will confer the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award upon imprisoned Uyghur economist and writer Ilham Tohti. PEN hopes that… More
May 5th PEN Literary Gala Honors Salman Rushdie with PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to Receive Inaugural PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Digital Freedom Award More
Turkey: End Human Rights Violations Against Writers and Journalists
A new PEN report documents numerous examples of intimidation, judicial harassment, and violence against writers, as well as a troubling trend toward self-censorship, during and after the Gezi Park… More
PEN Urges Venezuelan Government to End Violence Against Journalists
Venezuelan media outlets have been reluctant to cover the protests and resulting abuses, including excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions, and at least 13 deaths since February 12, due… More
PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature Marks Tenth Anniversary, April 28-May 4, 2014
A Weeklong Series of Readings, Debates, Performances, and Workshop Celebrates Writers Who Have Taken Artistic and Political RisksParticipants include Adonis, Boris Akunin, Martin Amis, Lydia Davis, Timothy Garton Ash,… More
Coalition Condemns Appeal Court Decision in Le Quoc Quan Case
HANOI—A coalition of 14 human rights NGOs and networks strongly condemns the decision this week by an appeal court upholding a 30-month prison sentence for Vietnamese human rights lawyer… More
David Miranda Denied Judicial Review
In light of today's denial of a judicial review application for David Miranda, partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald who published documents leaked by Edward Snowden, PEN American Center echoes… More
Turkish Parliament Must Reject Restrictive Internet Bill
PEN American Center urges the Turkish Parliament to reject a draconian Internet bill that would give the national government sweeping new powers to compel Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to… More
Atwood, Rushdie, Soyinka Join PEN to Protest Russia’s Stranglehold on Free Speech
As all eyes turn to Russia for the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games at Sochi tomorrow, more than 200 writers from across the globe have joined PEN in… More
PEN Gathers New York Literati in Brooklyn to Celebrate New Books
Record-breaking Year in Membership for Leading Literary and Human Rights OrganizationNEW YORK—PEN American Center brought together over 300 of New York’s most acclaimed writers, translators, editors, agents, and publishers… More
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