Advocacy
Turkey: Charges against five journalists must be dropped
Charges of acquiring and divulging state secrets, membership of, and administration of a terrorist organization brought against five journalists, including four former members of Taraf newspaper’s editorial and investigative… More
PEN Concerned by Google’s Suspension of Popular Artist’s Blog
On June 27, without prior warning, Google disabled his blog and Gmail account of artist Dennis Cooper with a generic notification that he had violated Google¹s terms of service.… More
U.S. Election Frontrunners Must Respect and Protect the Role of the Press
The news media’s role as the watchdog of democracy is vital. At a time of turmoil at home and abroad, with a pivotal election looming, the public’s need for… More
PEN Haiti Supports AZUEI Movement to Build Bridges between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
PEN Haiti’s House of Writers hosted eight Dominican artists who visited the country in June as part of the broader AZUEI Artistic Movement, a binational effort that has emerged… More
Zambia: Closure of Independent Newspaper a Worrying Affront to Media Freedom
PEN is deeply concerned by the recent closure of Zambia’s leading independent daily newspaper. More
Mexico: Journalist and writer Héctor de Mauleón threatened for investigative reports
PEN is seriously concerned by the threats received by award-winning journalist and author Héctor de Mauleón for a series of investigative reports he published in El Universal. More
Ethiopia: Overturn blogger’s prison sentence
PEN has learned that blogger Zelalem Workagegnehu’s appeal against his sentence of five years and two months in prison on terrorism charges will be heard on July 6, 2016. More
Turkey: Özgür Gündem ‘Editors-in-Chief on Watch’ must be released
The arrest of two journalists in Turkey who had been participating in a solidarity action with the daily newspaper Özgür Gündem is yet another illustration of the alacrity with… More
Call to Action: June 17 Day of action for Saudi Arabia
June 17, 2016 marks a confluence of significant anniversaries for several of PEN's main cases currently imprisoned in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. More
Open letter: Writers and free expression groups call for urgent support for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
PEN and the undersigned writers and international members of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) are dismayed by the serious financial crisis facing the Inter-American Commission on Human… More