Press Releases
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Edward Snowden: Hero or Criminal?
The New Yorker’s Amy Davidson and the Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart weighed the prospect of clemency for Edward Snowden last night before an audience of writers, journalists, human rights… More
Coetzee, Grunberg, Liao Speak Out Against Surveillance
PEN American Center joins Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee, award-winning Dutch novelist Arnon Grunberg, and exiled Chinese writer Liao Yiwu in expressing profound disappointment today at the limited reach of… More
PEN Applauds Google, Microsoft, Yahoo on Global Network Initiative Compliance
Today the Global Network Initiative (GNI), of which PEN American Center is a member, determined that Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are in compliance with the GNI Principles on Freedom… More
PEN Award Winner Ayşe Berktay Released from Prison in Turkey
PEN American Center is thrilled by the news that Turkish translator, writer, and peaceful activist Ayşe Berktay has been released from prison pending trial today, but remains deeply troubled… More
PEN American Center Emphasizes Human Rights in Surveillance Reform
Within an hour of the publication of the President’s Review Panel report and recommendations on NSA surveillance, the UN General Assembly passed by consensus a new resolution on the… More
PEN American Center Welcomes Impending Release of Pussy Riot
The Russian government's decision to finally allow the remaining jailed members of Pussy Riot to walk free is overdue, but welcome nonetheless. More
PEN Applauds Landmark Ruling Against NSA Surveillance
PEN American Center welcomes with cautious optimism today a U.S. District Court ruling that NSA telephone metadata collection is “likely to be unconstitutional." More
PEN Urges Tech Companies to Support Global Government Surveillance Reform Principles
PEN American Center welcomes the announcement this morning by Apple, Google, Facebook, and other leading technology companies of an open letter calling on the U.S. government to adopt proposed… More
PEN American Center Submits Amicus Curiae Brief in Landmark Lawsuit Against NSA
The National Security Administration’s routine, comprehensive surveillance inhibits the evolution of thought and ideas, PEN American Center argues in an amicus brief submitted to a California federal court in… More
Half of All Writers-at-Risk Persecuted for Use of Digital Media, New PEN Study Shows
PEN American Center today launched The Rise of Digital Repression, a new interactive report detailing digital repression's increasing affect on writers around the globe. More
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