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Teachers, Authors and Activists Gather for Summit July 12-13 in Orlando to Defend Against Educational Censorship in Florida
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult will give the keynote address at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, followed by a panel discussion at 11:10 a.m. on “The State of Censorship, How Did We… More
PEN America Welcomes Supreme Court’s Rejection of Extreme Arguments by Florida and Texas in Social Media Cases
“The Court decisively ruled that social media platforms are acting as editors under First Amendment analysis when they choose which content to include, which to exclude and which to… More
Israeli Government Must Reject Bill Potentially Banning Foreign News Networks
If passed, this bill will allow communication minister Shlomo Karhi to shut down any foreign media outlet in Israel if it is perceived as a threat to the state.… More
Legal Brief Urges Federal Court to Find Ban on TikTok Unconstitutional
“PEN’s charter pledges fidelity to ‘the principle of unhampered transmission of thought’ and affirms that literature and ideas should know “no frontiers and must remain common currency,’” said Eileen… More
Latest Global Developments to #FreeNarges
Six months after Iranian writer and activist Narges Mohammadi received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize in absentia at Oslo City Hall, the movement for her release continues to gain… More
Slashing All Arts and Culture Funding in Florida Will Stifle Free/Creative Expression
“A state with an emaciated arts sphere, where books are already banned and classroom dialogue is stifled, is one that is in danger of abandoning freedom of expression altogether,”… More
PEN America Welcomes Resolution of Assange Case
"Congress should seize this opportunity to immediately reform the Espionage Act to include an exception for information disclosures that advance the public interest. This move would send a strong… More
India Must Drop the Prosecution of Author Arundhati Roy
“We condemn the escalatory tactics used against Arundhati Roy. This case demonstrates all too clearly how protracted legal harassment, now coupled with the threat of charges under the repressive… More
Hadar Harris, Human Rights Lawyer, Named Managing Director of PEN America’s Washington, D.C. Office
“I am thrilled to join PEN America at this critical moment,” said Harris. “Free expression is core to free and open societies and writers are at its forefront. At… More
Free Narges Coalition Strongly Condemns Additional Sentence for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi
In response to the news that an Iranian revolutionary court has sentenced jailed 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi to an additional one-year prison sentence on charges of… More
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