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Türkiye: Persisting crackdown on free expression one month since devastating earthquakes March 6, 2023 – Today marks one month since devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Syria, resulting in the deaths …
VIDEO–POEM MARATHON (FEBRUARY 21 – MARCH 21) Follow PEN International’s video poem marathon on the Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee’s Facebook page and Youtube channel. The Translation and Linguistic Rights …
On March 3, 2023, a court in Minsk sentenced writer, Nobel Peace Prize winner and PEN Belarus member Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison on trumped up charges of smuggling, and organizing and financing actions that grossly violate public order. Bialiatski was tried alongside two colleagues from the Viasna Human Rights Centre (Viasna)
One year after Russian president Vladimir Putin launched his invasion and muzzled Russian media, what have we learned from the war against Ukraine and against journalists? Join three Russian journalists who spoke at a CFE panel one year ago to see how they have refused to be silenced. How are Russia’s independent media fighting to expose the truth about the war? What are the challenges as the war heads into its second year?
Arzu Yildiz—featured writer for Freedom to Read Week 2023 The following extract is from The Street, an unpublished novel by Arzu Yildiz which is currently being translated from the original Turkish …
Take Action for Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski on International Mother Language Day International Mother Language Day, held every year on February 21, is observed to promote linguistic and cultural diversity, and multilingualism. …
20th Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival The Grab Date: Friday, March 10, 2023 at 7:00 pm Location: Hot Docs Cinema, 506 Bloor St W, Toronto PEN Canada is …
Anneli Andre-Barrett is a senior volunteer for the PEN Canada Writers in Exile (WiE) community, a Refugee Integration Mentor, and Skills Development Team member of Ontario’s Private Refugee Sponsor Network …
Join us on Sunday, March 26 at 3:00 pm at the Hirut Ethiopian Jazz Club, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto to hear the work of four celebrated writers who have now …
Toward a Practice of Collectivity By El Jones The following essay appears in Abolitionist Intimacies, and is reprinted with the permission of Fernwood Publishing. It is the summer of 2020, …