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Weike Wang's "Chemistry" is this year's recipient of the PEN/Hemingway Award, PEN America told The Associated Press on Thursday. Ernest Hemingway's grandson, Sean Hemingway, will present the award to… More

In 2018, more than 600 million people will use social media in China—that's nearly one-quarter of all global users. But these people will be faced with more censorship than… More

The vague and broad nature of China’s censorship rules means that the “red lines” for speech on social media are continually drawn and re-drawn. This makes it difficult for… More

In her actual prison cell, Doğan can only make her own tally marks to count the days; her release comes in principle in December 2019. According to the press… More

According to Pen America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to defending the right to freedom of expression, Doğan was charged with having connections to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Turkish… More

The report, 'Forbidden Feeds: Government Controls on Social Media in China' was sourced from the experiences of writers, poets, artists, activists and regular people on social media who were… More

The organisation called China’s expanded system of censorship under President Xi Jinping a “broad-scale and daily attack on free expression” in a new report. It said that Xi’s government… More

A strict liability framework treats speech as an intrinsically dangerous activity. But a society that prizes free expression should be wary of punishing speech that gives offense beyond what's… More

The contributions of detained Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were recognized by their colleagues at the annual Reuters Journalists of the Year Awards ceremony on Thursday. More

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and journalist Jennifer Egan has been announced as the new president of PEN America. Egan follows journalist and writer Andrew Solomon in the role during… More