Support PEN Canada: write a brighter future
Help us write a brighter future for writers in peril. From playwrights to bloggers, from poets to investigative reporters, PEN Canada strives to protect and defend freedom of expression for …
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah – Letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 34 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the recent submission to the United Nations …
Voices of Freedom event: a reading series with exiled writers
When: Sunday, November 26, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. Where: Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Join us for an inspiring literary afternoon, at this month’s Voices of Freedom reading …
Take Action for Soulaiman Raissouni
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Soulaiman Raissouni Occupation: journalist Situation: imprisoned in Morocco BACKGROUND Soulaiman Raissouni is a prominent Moroccan journalist and the former editor-in-chief of the now-defunct opposition newspaper …
Take Action for Iryna Danylovych
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Iryna Danylovych Occupation: citizen journalist, human rights defender Situation: imprisoned in the Russian Federation BACKGROUND Born on 6 May 1979, Iryna Danylovych is a human …
Tsering Yangzom Lama writes to Gosher Gyatso
Go Sherab Gyatso is one of four cases PEN International is featuring for this year’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer. Tashi Delek, Go Sherab Gyatso la, We were born on …
Take Action for Go Sherab Gyatso
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Go Sherab Gyatso Occupation: writer, educator and public intellectual Situation: imprisoned in China BACKGROUND A prominent Tibetan writer, educator and public intellectual, Go Sherab Gyatso, …
Take Action for María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez Occupation: poet and activist Situation: imprisoned in Cuba BACKGROUND On March 10, 2022, Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez …
Canada Must Insist on Safety for Journalists Operating in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank
PEN Canada calls on the Canadian government to insist that combatants in the Hamas-Israel war protect and respect the right of journalists reporting from Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Take Action
As every year, on November 15, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN calls for urgent international action to protect writers and journalists across the globe, who increasingly find themselves …