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#WithFlowers: Free Expression for China
Despite promises to improve its human rights record, the climate for freedom of expression in China has steadily declined. Nobel Peace…
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A Freedom to Write Retrospective: Nay Phone Latt
Each week leading up to the PEN Literary Gala and the conferrence of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write…
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In Nigeria, the War on Books is Being Fought on Two Fronts
PEN Nigeria warns the UN about encroachments on free expression and digital freedom, as the militant Islam group Boko Haram…
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Two New NSA Reform Proposals Announced
After a long quiet period on Capitol Hill, two new NSA reform proposals are being introduced this week.
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Why Writers Should Fight For Net Neutrality
Net neutrality may be a bland term, but it’s still worth fighting for if you’re a writer. Why PEN has…
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PEN American Center Files Amicus Brief in Appeal of ACLU v. Clapper
PEN American Center filed another amicus curiae brief in ACLU v. Clapper as it reaches the Second Circuit on appeal,…
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PEN Highlights U.S. Government Surveillance at the UN
PEN submitted a list of pressing concerns about privacy and surveillance to the UN Human Rights Committee in its review…
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International Women’s Day: Today and Every Day
She sits at her desk, reading lamp above her, smoking a cigarette as she reads through handwritten lines of poetry….