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Get an in-depth look at PEN America's complex, inspiring, and powerful history over the last 100 years with our special exhibit at @NYHistory from July 22, 2022 to October 9, 2022. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3QOVRxm. #PEN100
Two prominent Chinese advocates for citizen rights and the rule of law in China were tried for subversion this week in what family members said was an opaque legal process designed to conceal from people the plight of the country’s human rights defenders. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/06/24/china-rule-of-law-activists-trial/
[email protected]'s Artists at Risk Connection, @pen_int and @PENCubaExilio condemn “cruel and inhumane” prison sentences imposed without “legal merit” on Cuban artist-activists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez. https://pen.org/press-release/cruel-and-inhumane-prison-sentences-imposed-without-legal-merit-on-cuban-artist-activists-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-and-maykel-osorbo-castillo-p/