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In the fall of 2019, PEN Canada collaborated with Ryerson’s Literatures of Modernity graduate program to bring members of our Writers-in-Exile network into the classroom. Students interviewed the writers about their work and asked how their cultural and religious backgrounds had affected their freedom of expression. The students who interviewed Raihan Abir shared the following […]
We, the undersigned organisations, welcome today’s judgment on meaning in the case of Arron Banks vs Carole Cadwalladr. The judgment clarified the context of the comments that form the basis of this lawsuit, and noted that aspects of the claimant’s argument were “far-fetched and divorced from the specific context in which those words were used”. […]
In the fall of 2019, PEN Canada collaborated with Ryerson’s Literatures of Modernity graduate program to bring members of our Writers-in-Exile network into the classroom. The students who interviewed Raihan Abir shared the following reflections on the experience.
In the fall of 2019, PEN Canada collaborated with Ryerson’s Literatures of Modernity graduate program to bring members of our Writers-in-Exile network into the classroom. The students who interviewed Önder Deligöz shared the following reflections on the experience.
In the fall of 2019, PEN Canada collaborated with Ryerson’s Literatures of Modernity graduate program to bring members of our Writers-in-Exile network into the classroom. Students interviewed the writers about their work and asked how their cultural and religious backgrounds had affected their freedom of expression. In the following post the students who interviewed Bushra el-Fadil share their reflections on the experience.
To commemorate Human Rights Day, PEN International and PEN Centres are launching an essay series and holding events on human rights issues across the globe. Human Rights and Freedom of Expression in Malaysia Bernice Chauly, PEN Malaysia On May 9, 2018, millions of Malaysians voted in their 14th General Election. The country had been mired in […]
European leaders must hold Muscat to account for political interference in Daphne Caruana Galizia murder investigation We, the undersigned organisations, urge European Union leaders to call on Prime Minister Muscat to guarantee that all investigations and legal proceedings related to the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder are conducted efficiently, transparently and without any interference from any […]
Update – December 6, 2019 Omoyele Sowore was forcibly re-arrested by the DSS at his court hearing on 6 December after being released on bail less than 24 hours earlier in compliance with the order of the Federal High Court. PEN International will continue to closely monitor the situation and is seeking further information. It is clear […]
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on the Iraqi government to immediately cease the use of lethal and excessive force against protesters. As peaceful demonstrations continue throughout central and southern Iraq, security forces, particularly the riot police, have used lethal force to disperse protesters in Baghdad, Basra, Nasiriyah, and Najaf. In addition, activists and […]
‘They couldn’t take everything from me’ – an evening with Oleg Sentsov Ukrainian director and writer Oleg Sentsov is from Crimea. When Russia annexed the peninsula, he was arrested and sentenced to 20 years in a gulag-style prison in Siberia on trumped-up charges and became the face of Ukrainian struggle against Russia. International filmmakers, human […]
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