PEN Canada envisions a world where
writers are free to write,
readers are free to read,
and freedom of expression prevails
An inefficient legal system and what amounts to unchecked abuse of vague and overbroad legislation have contributed to a chilling effect on free speech within India’s society and throughout its public sphere.
Author and blogger Raihan Abir will receive the PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize at the PEN Canada benefit at the International Festival of Authors, October 22.
Toronto-based writer Laura Legge has won the RBC/PEN Canada New Voices Award for works by unpublished writers aged 18-30.
Every day writers around the world are imprisoned, threatened and attacked for putting words on a page. Join PEN Canada and speak for those who are silenced.
Kurdish PEN Centre, strongly condemns the killing of RojNews Agency’s journalist Wedat Husen Ali.
Ethiopia’s government is known for suppressing independent voices. It routinely jails journalists, opposition leaders, activists, and peaceful demonstrators.
The revitalized PEN/Nabokov Award will bestow $50,000 to a writer born or residing outside the US for an outstanding body of work over a sustained career.
PEN International is concerned about the detention of renowned novelist, columnist and human rights activist Aslı Erdoğan.
Authorities must strengthen programmes to safeguard the lives of at-risk journalists following the shocking murder of a journalist in Veracruz.
PEN International calls on Turkey to safeguard freedom of expression, human rights during this period of emergency.
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