PEN Canada against the targeting and killing of journalists in Gaza and Lebanon
It is over a year since Israel began its lethal bombing campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. As of November 8, the Committee …
Author: PEN-Canada
Global Surge in Attacks on University Faculty & Students: What is to be Done?
Tuesday, November 26 at 3 p.m. EST Free | Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 A new report finds scholars and university students face frequent and pervasive attacks on their academic …
Take action for Kaciaryna Andrejeva | Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Kaciaryna Andrejeva | Belarus | Occupation: Journalist, writer, poet | Situation: Imprisoned Journalist, writer and poet, Kaciaryna Andrejeva (real name Bachvałava) is serving an eight-year prison sentence in Belarus on …
Take action for José Rubén Zamora Marroquín | Day of the Imprisoned Writer
José Rubén Zamora Marroquín | Guatemala | Occupation: Journalist | Situation: House Arrest Jose Rubén Zamora Marroquín, a leading Guatemalan journalist and founder of elPeriódico, has faced threats, criminalization and …
Take action for Jimmy Lai | Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Jimmy Lai | Hong Kong | Occupation: Journalist, publisher, activist | Situation: Imprisoned Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy campaigner, writer, and founder of the now-shuttered Apple Daily newspaper, has been imprisoned …
Take action for Alaa Abd El-Fattah | Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Alaa Abd El-Fattah | Egypt | Occupation: Writer, blogger, software developer | Situation: Imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah remains arbitrarily imprisoned after serving an unjust five-year prison …
Is investigative journalism in Canada dying?
Thursday November 21 at 7 p.m. Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Hundreds of local newspapers have been shut down; investigative units that flourished have been eliminated in all but a …
Voices of Freedom reading series
November 24, 2024 | 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Hirut Jazz Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, Toronto Free admission | open to the public Step into an afternoon of inspiration and …
Should hate speech be dealt with through Human Rights Laws?
Wednesday, October 30 at 7 p.m. Zoom link to event: torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567 Is human rights law an appropriate and effective way to deal with extreme expressions that constitute hate speech, as …
Film, ‘Russia at War’ creates battle for freedom of expression in Canada
In free and democratic societies like Canada’s, politicians do not critique the arms-length funding decisions of arts agencies, nor the productions that result from them. Why? Because political interventions send …