Writers at Risk
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We Write, Even if Our Freedom Is Bound: Letter From a Writer Imprisoned in Iran
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The Courage of Women Writers Preserving Ukraine’s Stories
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“Freedom to write, freedom of soul”: Aziz Isa Elkun, Uyghur PEN Centre President, on Poetry as Resistance
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PEN America Announces 2026 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honorees Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee and Ali Asadollahi of Iran
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Detention of Poet Highlights Egypt’s Relentless Persecution of Free Expression
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PEN America Condemns Shocking Arrest of Iranian Human Rights Lawyer and Writer Nasrin Sotoudeh
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Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Denied Essential Medical Care after Reported Heart Attack in Prison
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Why We Must Remember Women Writers on International Women’s Day
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PEN America and PEN Sydney Condemn Risks to Jailed Writers and Political Prisoners Amid Military Strikes in Iran
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