Advocacy
Bangladesh: Academic Murdered in Another Brutal Killing
PEN America joins PEN Bangladesh in calling on the Bangladeshi government to investigate the April 23 killing of Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique and to bring his killers to trial. More
President Obama: Press for Release of Jailed Poet Ashraf Fayadh
We, the undersigned free expression and human rights organizations, call on you, President Obama, to push for the release of poet Ashraf Fayadh during your visit to Saudi Arabia… More
On World Poetry Day Take Action for Dissident Poets
World Poetry Day, marked each year on March 21, is an opportunity to celebrate poetry, the power and creativity of language and to speak out for those poets persecuted… More
Turkey: Imprisoned Academics Must be Released
PEN condemns the latest attack on free expression in Turkey as three academics who signed a peace petition in January 2016 were yesterday imprisoned by an Istanbul court on… More
Joint Statement on the Release of 15 Azeri Political Prisoners & those that Remain in Jail
Sport for Rights coalition's joint statement on the release of 15 Azerbaijani political prisoners and those, like 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write winner Khadija Ismayilova, that remain in… More
Kenya: Cartoonist Dismissed from Paper must be Reinstated or Compensated
News that Kenyan cartoonist Godfrey Mwampembwa (known as Gado) has been dismissed from the Nation Media Group’s Daily Nation, allegedly due to political pressure, is deeply concerning, PEN centers… More
PEN Myanmar Welcomes Civilian and Writer as Newly Elected President of Country
PEN Myanmar has high expectations that President Htin Kyaw will try his best to secure the fundamental rights that are prescribed in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, including… More
Russia: Attack on Journalists Must be Investigated
Yesterday’s vicious attack on a minibus of six journalists and two local activists traveling to Chechnya to investigate reports of torture and murder is a disturbing sign of the… More
Iran: End 27-Year Threats Against Rushdie
PEN America today released a statement condemning the renewed threats against Salman Rushdie 27 years after Ayatollah Khomenei's 1989 fatwa against him. More
Joint Letter to Rouhani: Secure Release of Iranian Cartoonist Atena Farghadani
PEN American is among 40 rights groups who have signed a letter to President Hassan Rouhani below, asking him to work with Iran’s judiciary to release cartoonist Atena Farghadani. More