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PEN Canada today commended the Government of Canada for removing more controversial parts of Bill C-63, particularly the heavy-handed hate speech penalties. The government heeded concerns expressed by a wide …
This week, we signed an open letter, alongside 20 organizations and experts, urging the Canadian government to reject the UN draft Convention on Cybercrime. The draft is up for approval …
Free Narges Coalition and partners urge UN Human Rights Council to intervene for Narges Mohammadi’s urgent medical release November 18, 2024 To the United Nations Human Rights Council, We, the …
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 …
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 …
As a nonpartisan organization of writers committed to the defence of freedom of expression, PEN Canada is deeply concerned about Israel’s recent raid and closure of Al Jazeera’s offices in …
Joint statement originally published by PEN International. Turkish translation below. August 27, 2024 – PEN International joins the International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned freedom of the press and expression …
August 8, 2024 Statement by the PEN International Writers for Peace Committee THE DISGRACE OF GAZA – A SYMBOL OF SHAME Whatever the political calculations that have resulted in the …
The International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations vehemently condemn the arrest of three Kurdish journalists last …
PEN Canada condemns the abrupt cancellation of invitations to three anti-Black racism advocates scheduled to appear at a January 15 presentation to the law clerks of the Supreme Court of …