Press Releases
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PEN Welcomes Edward Burlingame and Jacob Weisberg to Board of Trustees
The Board of PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, voted at their meeting on March 24, 2011, to appoint Edward… More
Court Rules NSA Surveillance Suit Brought by PEN, Partners Can Proceed
PEN American Center today hailed an appeals court ruling that PEN and its co-plaintiffs have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act, the 2008 legislation that… More
Free Speech Groups Protest Denial of Visa for Afghan Rights Activist
The American Civil Liberties Union, American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and PEN American Center today sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Homeland Security Secretary… More
Anthony Appiah Reelected as President of PEN
PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, announced yesterday at its Annual Members Meeting the reelection of Kwame Anthony Appiah, the… More
Appeal from the Bahrain Writers Association and Bahrain PEN Center
The following statement was distributed by the Bahrain Writers Association and Bahrain PEN on March 16, 2011. PEN International also recently released a statement on the developments in the… More
China’s Domestic and International Free Expression Obligations
In the past month, as the world’s attention has been riveted by events in North Africa and the Middle East, the government of China has moved aggressively to restrict… More
PEN International Condemns Detention of Independent Chinese PEN Center Webmaster
PEN International protests in the strongest possible terms the detention on criminal charges of Wu Wei (pen name Ye Du), who is the webmaster and Network Coordinator of the… More
Chinese Writers React to Crackdown
The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) today released a statement reacting to a wave of arrests of its members in China, including renowned lawyer Teng Biao and Ran Yunfei,… More
Announcing the 2011 PEN World Voices Festival
More than 100 writers from 40 countries will convene for the seventh annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, celebrating the transformative power of the writer’s voice—both on… More
PEN Sounds Alarm Over Treatment of Jailed Nobel Laureate’s Wife in China
PEN American Center expressed extreme concern today for the well-being of Liu Xia, wife of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who has been completely isolated since October… More
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