Advocacy
Press Freedom Under Threat in India
Reports of pressure on media outlets to refrain from criticism of India's new Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, threaten free expression and press freedom in the world's largest democracy. More
PEN International Conference on the Russian/Ukrainian Situation
Russian and Ukrainian PEN affirm their unity against the waves of propaganda destroying the language of public discussion. More
World Cup: NSA Spying Well Offside
The U.S. gets a red card for free expression. More
PEN Raises the Alarm: Reports of Secret Trial and Conviction in Tohti Case
If corroborated, this action will mar an already declining human rights record in China, where free expression is ostensibly protected under Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution. More
Mexico: Third Journalist Murdered This Year
PEN International joins PEN Mexico in protesting the murder of journalist Jorge Torres Palacios, found dead on June 2, 2014. PEN calls on the authorities to carry out a… More
Leading Ukrainian and Russian writers come together to promote peaceful solution to Ukraine crisis
Prominent Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya, leading Ukrainian writer and scholar Aleksandra Hnatiuk, and Swedish PEN President and novelist Ola Larsmo come together this week to discuss the increasing number… More
In Remembrance of Anthony Fleischer, Tireless Champion of South African Literature
The President of South African PEN died last week. PEN American Center President Peter Godwin and South African writer Margie Orford share their warm memories. More
Snowden One Year On: Four Things We Know
On the first anniversary, PEN looks at what we've learned over the course of one year of ongoing revelations, the state of surveillance reform moving through Congress, and what… More
Honduras: PEN Urges Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Protect Journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado
At least 40 journalists have been killed in the country since 2003—35 since the coup d’état in June 2009—while others are facing threats, law suits, and other attacks in… More
Tiananmen at 25: Enforced Amnesia
Memory should never be a crime. We join our colleagues in China and around the world in commemorating the blossoming of freedom of expression on Tiananmen Square in May… More
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