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The warning signs are clear. Free speech, a cornerstone of American democracy, is at risk: books banned, journalists attacked, and facts distorted. This election season, send a letter to demand that our voices be heard.
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Off the Soccer Field, Creativity in Cameroon Languishes in Prison
This summer, Cameroon will compete on the world stage of soccer at the World Cup in Brazil. But one of…
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Seven Mind Blowing Articles on Digital Freedom
2013 has been a busy year for human rights and digital technologies. Every day, it seems, new technological developments and…
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Flood the Gates: Write to Liu Xia and Liu Xiaobo
Four years ago today, while much of the U.S. was dreaming about sugar plum fairies, a court in Beijing sentenced…
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South African PEN Protests Firing of Newspaper Editor in Assault Upon Editorial Independence
Two days after Nelson Mandela’s burial, South Africa faces an assault on press freedom that cuts against the late leader’s…
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Missing: A Grassroots Campaign for Liu Xia
“Saving Liu Xia” calls on netizens, as well as your regular wheatpaste-toting activists, to spread an image of a “Missing”…
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A Stand for Democracy in the Digital Age
More than 500 writers around the world have issued an open letter calling for the right to privacy in the…
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The Chains Will Shrivel into Foil
Award-winning poet Mandla Langa and board member of South African PEN writes about Mandela’s enduring legacy on free expression in…
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PEN Protects Your Writing in the Cloud by Joining Coalition for ECPA Reform
The U.S. government thinks it can read your writing in the cloud without a warrant. You can help us stop…
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Liu Xia: To Feel a Life in This Prison
PEN is increasingly concerned about the health and well-being of Liu Xia, who has been held under extralegal house arrest…