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Don’t Censor America
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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Seasons Greetings: Send a Message to an Imprisoned Writer
Join us as we gather this holiday season to send nondenominational seasons greetings to writers in prison around the world….
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Calling All Journalists: Free Digital Security Training Workshops
This week, German media development nonprofit DW Akademie is offering Digital Security Training Workshops to help journalists protect themselves online.
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Thanksgiving Human Rights Advocacy Roundup
Important resolutions at the UN on protecting journalists and privacy; a PEN lawsuit to fight dragnet surveillance; a u-turn on…
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They’re Watching Us: So What?
Is the same surveillance that is meant to protect us from danger also harming us? Are the NSA programs Edward…
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Where You Go to Jail for Calling Someone a Rat
Two journalists face jail time in Sierra Leone for a colorful description of their president.
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PEN Protests Kerim Yildiz’s Visa Delay
Kerim Yildiz, a British citizen and leading human rights advocate for the Kurdish people, has been waiting more than nineteen…
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Nigerian writers face climate of intimidation, censorship and repression
In anticipation of Nigeria’s review yesterday at the United National Human Rights Council, PEN International released a statement in conjunction…
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The Slippery Slope of Self-Censorship in China
Many Chinese authors refuse to self-censor at great personal risk to themselves and their families. In the first half of…
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PEN at the UN Human Rights Council: Will China Listen?
In China, as we documented in The PEN Report: Creativity and Constraint in Today’s China, repression by the government is…