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Amy Lai wins 2021 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for Freedom of Expression

The journalist and legal scholar Amy Lai has been awarded the 2021 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for courageously reporting on the “threats faced by both individuals and democratic institutions” in her native Hong Kong, and for ground-breaking scholarship on freedom of expression.

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Filkow Prize Awarded to Justin Brake at PEN Canada AGM

The attempt to silence Justin Brake is an attempt to silence freedom of expression.

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Justin Brake wins 2018 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression

Justin Brake has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 prize is awarded annually to an individual or group whose work has advanced freedom of expression in Canada.

Desmond Cole wins 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression
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Desmond Cole wins 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression

Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression in Canada.

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2017 Escribir sin Miedo Prize: Unacknowledged Victims

‘Unacknowledged Victims’ by Wendy Funes is the winning entry from the 2016 Escribir sin Miedo Prize for investigative/public interest journalism in Honduras.

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