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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, …
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 …
Peter Showler, photo credit The Hill Times. PEN Canada mourns the death of Peter Showler O.C., former board member and Chair of the Writers in Peril Committee. b. 17 February, …
Over two weeks have passed since the massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas, and its kidnapping of over 200 men, women and children, actions that shocked the world. Since then, …
TORONTO, October 24, 2023 – Dilan Qadir, a Kurdish Canadian writer, is the recipient of the 2023 PEN Canada-Humber College Writers in Exile Scholarship, which is awarded annually to one …
Please join Cormorant Books in celebrating the official launch of the new anthology The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile. Masks are strongly encouraged at this event. This event …
PEN Canada is deeply concerned by reports of journalists killed, injured and missing in the ongoing violence between Hamas and Israel and on the border with Lebanon Journalists who report …
ISBN: 978-1-77086-711-6 | Non-Fiction | $29.95 | Pub date: Oct 21, 2023 | Digital ARC Available The sixteen writers and journalists in The Uncaged Voice come from countries all over …
12 October 2023: PEN International is deeply concerned by reports that the Indian authorities have approved the prosecution of writer Arundhati Roy over a speech she gave 13 years ago. We call on the Indian authorities to immediately cease the legal proceedings against her and to end its weaponization of the legal system against writers, journalists, and others who engage in peaceful expression. Criticism of the government is not a crime.
PEN Canada celebrates the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to jailed Iranian writer and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran, and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.” Ms Mohammadi is currently serving a ten-year sentence in a Tehran prison after repeated arrests since 2009.