Advocacy
Immigration Ban Will Have Lasting Impact on Art and Global Politics
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order restricting travel and immigration has severely affected artistic expression, and may do so for years to come. More
PEN America’s Activist Guide to AWP 2017
PEN America has put together a guide to all events taking place at this year's Association of Writing Professionals (AWP) conference focusing on activism or action. More
President of Kazakh PEN is released but sentenced to five years of probationary supervision
The release of Bigeldy Gabdullin, president of Kazakh PEN and well-known journalist, is welcome news although concerns remain about the grounds for his arrest and the environment for free… More
World Writers Join PEN In Solidarity With Turkey’s Imprisoned Writers
This post originally appeared on the website of PEN International. As a high-level PEN International mission ends in Istanbul, Turkey, leading world writers join PEN in a message of solidarity to… More
Kyrgyzstan: Court upholds life-sentence of journalist & human rights activist Azimjon Askarov
Kyrgyz authorities should immediately and unconditionally release journalist and human rights activist Azimjon Askarov and drop all charges against him. More
The Case of the “Feminist Five”
There is a strong perception internationally that modern Chinese society does not put a premium on free expression, press freedoms, or related civil rights, and it is a perception… More
United States: Free Expression Groups Condemn Removal of Police Protest Painting from Capitol Hill
As organizations devoted to promoting the arts and freedom of expression, we condemn the recent removal of a student painting from a public passageway on Capitol Hill. The removal… More
Azerbaijan: Rights Groups Demand Justice for Tortured Journalist Mehman Huseynov
Joint Statement by Sport for Rights Coalition Azerbaijan: Rights Groups Demand Justice for Tortured Journalist Mehman Huseynov The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the abduction and torture of Azerbaijani journalist Mehman Huseynov and… More
No More Literary Suicides: Challenging Intolerance Towards Literary Expression in India
Indian writer Salil Tripathi once said that free speech in India was threatened by “a combination of state passivity, antiquated laws, and the existence of ‘the right to feel… More
Free Expression Report Card: John Kelly
As a high-level military officer, Kelly has been a deciding actor in some of the most contentious and difficult debates defining the relationship between media freedoms and national security. More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
