World Writers Stand in Solidarity with Indian Writers and Artists
PEN is standing in solidarity with Indian writers, who are protesting against the silencing of independent voices by the killing of writers and artists.
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India: Another Journalist Dies in Mysterious Circumstances
The death of another Indian journalist in mysterious circumstances is a worrying development, PEN International, PEN Canada, and PEN Delhi said today.
India’s Free Speech Debate is Alive and Well
The Supreme Court of India’s landmark decision on Tuesday signals a move towards greater protection of free expression in the world’s largest democracy. But there is still much to do.
Paradox in India
Why do we defend free expression? PEN Canada’s latest annual report asks a simple question that lies at the heart of our work. In this excerpt, Haroon Siddiqui looks at the political contradictions of contemporary India, and some of the ways in which free expression in the world’s largest democracy “has never been so imperilled”.
From the Archives: Deepa Mehta’s Film Protested as Anti-Hindu
In this letter from 2000, Bapsi Sidhwa speaks with Deepa Mehta during the height of protests to the filming of Water in India.
From the Archives: A Letter on Censorship from Rohinton Mistry
On Oct. 20, 2010, Rohinton Mistry wrote a letter condemning the burning and removal of his novel from the course syllabus at the University of Mumbai.
INDIA: PEN Protests Withdrawal of Best-Selling Book
PEN Canada protests the withdrawal by the publisher Penguin of Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History, the third book to be withdrawn this year.
Censoring the Body
As we near the end of the 2013 Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, Vanessa Robinson considers the theme of art and censorship in two of this year’s films.