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End Efforts to Compel Risen to Identify Source(s)
Dear Attorney General Holder, As members and supporters of PEN American Center, an organization representing over 3,500 writers, we write…
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PEN Honduras Welcomes IACHR With Hope
The visit comes at a crucial juncture for human rights, of which the right to freedom of expression is particularly…
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Free Expression in China Drowning Under Waves of Writer Arrests
PEN American Center is alarmed by a spike in arrests of writers, journalists, and intellectuals in China in recent weeks….
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British journalist found guilty of contempt in Bangladesh
PEN American Center joins English PEN and PEN International in expressing concern for British journalist David Bergman, who has been…
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ACLU Motion for Press Freedoms in Ferguson Cites PEN Report
The ACLU of Missouri used PEN’s report on press freedom in Ferguson in its motion for a preliminary injunction to…
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Senate Fails to Protect Freedom of Expression, Privacy by Advancing USA Freedom Act to a Vote
Last night, the Senate failed to advance the USA Freedom Act, which would have implemented a number of reforms to…
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In Memoriam Tatárszentgyörgy, 2009
They quickly hunted down the man and woman, / the father with his son, the mother with her daughter. /…
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No-Fly Zone in Ferguson Shows Need for Justice Department Investigation Into Press Freedom
An Associated Press report that police in Ferguson requested a no-fly zone to block media helicopters from documenting protests is…
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A Land Where the Storyteller is the Story
For Mexicans today, it is hard to interpret the words around us. In the classified section, narco messages appear in…