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Librarian Who Fought FBI Search to Receive 2005 PEN/Newman’s Own Award
PEN American Center has named Joan Airoldi, a librarian and library director in rural Washington State who challenged an FBI effort to search patron records, as the recipient of… More
Freedom to Read Protection Act Reintroduced in Washington
Organizations representing booksellers, librarians, publishers and writers gathered on Capitol Hill today to cheer the reintroduction of the Freedom to Read Protection Act, promising to mobilize readers and book… More
International Women’s Day
In the past decade, the use of the Internet has risen to phenomenal proportions transforming societies world wide. It enjoys huge popular support, with a growth in web… More
PEN American Center Honorary Member Ruslan Sharipov Obtains Asylum in the U.S.
Uzbek journalist and human rights activist Ruslan Sharipov has obtained political asylum in the United States and is now with members of his family in California. More
PEN American Center Honorary Members Liu Jingsheng and Raúl Rivero Released
Liu Jingsheng, a 1998 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award recipient and honorary member of PEN American Center, was released on November 27, 2004. More
Freedom to Write Award recipient Aung Myint released in Myanmar
PEN American Center welcomed reports that poet and journalist Aung Myint and three other journalists were among more than 50 political prisoners released in Myanmar on January 3, 2005. More
PEN urges Senate to examine Gonzales’s record on torture policies
PEN American Center asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today to use this Thursday's hearings on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales as an opportunity to reassert United States… More
Treasury Department Changes Regulations
In September 2004, publishing trade groups and authors' organizations filed suit in federal court to strike down regulations of the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control that effectively… More
CHINA: PEN Condemns Detention of Chinese Writers
Officers and staff of PEN American Center today expressed alarm at the news that Chinese authorities detained three prominent intellectuals yesterday, including two writers who helped found a… More
PEN Condemns Detention of Chinese Writers
Officers and staff of PEN American Center today expressed alarm at the news that Chinese authorities detained three prominent intellectuals yesterday, including two writers who helped found a new… More
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