Press Releases
PEN World Voices Festival 2018, with Theme “Resist and Reimagine,” Will Convene Writers, Artists, and Thinkers from the United States and Abroad to Plot Paths Ahead for Societies in Turmoil, April 16–22
February 14, 2018
Learn More: PEN World Voices Festival 2018, with Theme “Resist and Reimagine,” Will Convene Writers, Artists, and Thinkers from the United States and Abroad to Plot Paths Ahead for Societies in Turmoil, April 16–22
2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Eskinder Nega Freed After Almost Seven Years in Prison in Ethiopia
February 14, 2018
Learn More: 2012 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Eskinder Nega Freed After Almost Seven Years in Prison in Ethiopia
PEN America to Honor Imprisoned Myanmar Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo with 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
February 13, 2018
Learn More: PEN America to Honor Imprisoned Myanmar Journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo with 2018 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
New Video of Gui Minhai Fits Pattern of Coerced Statements Made at Behest of Chinese Authorities
February 12, 2018
Learn More: New Video of Gui Minhai Fits Pattern of Coerced Statements Made at Behest of Chinese Authorities
Threat of Prison Sentence for Two Turkish Filmmakers Marks Another Blow to Free Expression in Turkey
February 8, 2018
Learn More: Threat of Prison Sentence for Two Turkish Filmmakers Marks Another Blow to Free Expression in Turkey
2012 PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Eskinder Nega to be Released After More Than Six Years in Prison in Ethiopia
February 8, 2018
Learn More: 2012 PEN/Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award Winner Eskinder Nega to be Released After More Than Six Years in Prison in Ethiopia
Polish President’s Attempt to Criminalize Language around the Holocaust an Alarming Attack on Free Expression
February 7, 2018
Learn More: Polish President’s Attempt to Criminalize Language around the Holocaust an Alarming Attack on Free Expression
Tougher Sentencing Guidelines for “Unlawful Assembly” in Hong Kong Troubling, in Spite of Dismissal of Pro-Democracy Activists’ Sentences
February 6, 2018
Learn More: Tougher Sentencing Guidelines for “Unlawful Assembly” in Hong Kong Troubling, in Spite of Dismissal of Pro-Democracy Activists’ Sentences
PEN America to Honor Edmund White, Edna O’Brien for Lifetime Achievement in Literature at February 20 Ceremony in New York
February 6, 2018
Learn More: PEN America to Honor Edmund White, Edna O’Brien for Lifetime Achievement in Literature at February 20 Ceremony in New York
