Advocacy
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
Free Expression Report Card: Donald McGahn
McGahn’s biggest proposals at the Federal Election Commission reveal a mixed record on freedom of information. More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Pundits and editors debate when to call a lie a lie. China responds to Trump tweet on North Korea, vowing not to pay attention to "features of a foreign… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
Pundits and editors debate when to call a lie a lie. China responds to Trump tweet on North Korea, vowing not to pay attention to "features of a foreign… More
South Korea’s Defamation Law: A Dangerous Tool
While public debate in ongoing over what measures are appropriate for South Korean authorities to use in response to political protests, there is less public awareness about a powerful… More
Ahmed Naji: ”I thought the world was as fragile as a glass while it is as strong as water”
Egyptian novelist and 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award winner Ahmed Naji, who was charged with two years in prison for “violating public modesty" for his latest novel, was… More
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Free Expression Report Card: Mike Pence
Mike Pence has been a strong supporter of free press in the US and abroad. But his arguments of media bias may enable further demonization of the press under… More
President Xi: No More Silence
PEN International condemns the Chinese authorities' sustained and increasing attack on free expression and calls for an immediate end to China’s worsening crackdown on fundamental human rights.rnrn More
Fatima Shaik: ”Books Like These Are Meant to be Troubling”
On Tuesday, December 6, the Accomack County Public Schools Board, in eastern Virginia, voted to return the books To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn to county classrooms. The… More
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