Shams Erfan, Why I Support PEN
PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday, November 28 and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN community. They are writers in exile, writers …
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Sharlene Lazin, Why I Support PEN
PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday November 28, and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN community. They are writers in exile, …
PEN concerned by chill on discussions of Israel-Hamas war
PEN Canada is concerned by a growing chill on criticism and debate about the Israel-Hamas war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. PEN calls on public agencies, institutions of higher …
Dilan Qadir, Why I Support PEN
PEN Canada’s end-of-year campaign launched Tuesday, November 28 and runs until December 31. To understand PEN Canada’s impact, we’re sharing testimonials from the PEN community. They are writers in exile, …
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 …
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 …