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Ukraine: Two years since Russian full-scale invasion, justice and accountability must prevail
24 February will mark two years since the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the UN, 10,378 civilians have been killed and 19,632 injured as of January 2024, although the actual figures are likely to be higher. Many are still reported missing. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian military personnel, including former […]
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UN Cybercrime Convention must not become a tool to undermine international human rights standards
PEN INTERNATIONAL 24 January: Signatories stress that the Convention should only move forward if it pursues a specific goal of combating cybercrime without endangering the human rights and fundamental freedoms of those it seeks to protect, nor undermining efforts to improve cybersecurity for an open internet. Joint Statement on the Proposed Cybercrime Treaty Ahead of […]
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NZSA is now a Registered Charitable Entity
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaithu o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc has been successful in its application to become a charity. As of October 19, 2023 NZSA is now a registered charitable entity CC61705. It is also now a donee organisation.
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PEN International Calls for Peace-Dispels all Hatreds
PEN International Calls for Peace-Dispels all Hatreds In the third decade of the 21st Century humans are able to see into the furthest reaches and most distant times of the universe. We can produce literature, art and music of extraordinary resonance and subtlety. And yet, almost every day in the world we are faced with […]
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RESOLUTION ON CRIMINAL DEFAMATION AND STRATEGIC LAWSUITS AGAINST PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (SLAPPS)
Proposed by Writers in Prison Committee Seconded by PEN Bangladesh, Croatian PEN, PEN San Miguel, Swedish PEN, and Vietnamese Abroad PEN The Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting virtually at its 89th annual Congress, 26 to 28 September 2023, expresses serious concern over the growing use of criminal defamation charges and Strategic Lawsuits Against […]
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On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International mobilizes in support of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai
PEN INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 03 May 2023 (London, UK) –To mark the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2023), PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, mobilizes its Centres in support of imprisoned journalist, media publisher, activist and writer, Jimmy Lai, who is currently facing a potential life sentence for his […]
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Freedom to Write Index 2022
Introduction In May of 2022, at the PEN America emergency writers congress, Salman Rushdie spoke about global threats to human rights and democracy, including Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine, and said: “It has been said, I have said it myself, that the powerful may own the present but writers own the future, for it is […]
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IMPUNITY REIGNS – WRITERS RESIST, PEN INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ITS ANNUAL CASE LIST 2022
THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR PRESS IN THE AMERICAS, AS MEXICO REMAINS ONE OF MOST LETHAL COUNTRIES FOR JOURNALISTS; A TRAGIC ONE FOR EUROPE, AS THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE RAGES AND TURKEY AND BELARUS AMONG THE WORST JAILERS 21 March 2023 Read Here: the PEN Case List 2022 PROOF 4 1UP PEN International launches […]
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PEN International Women’s Day – March 8
International Women’s Day: Take Action for María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez (Cuba) To mark International Women’s Day 2023, PEN International features the case of Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez, imprisoned since July 2021 for her criticism of the Cuban government, and for participating in the peaceful protests that saw thousands of Cubans […]
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New record number of journalists jailed worldwide A record total of 533 journalists are currently detained worldwide, according to the annual round-up of violence and abuses against journalists published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The number of those killed has increased again this year – to 57– while 65 journalists are being held hostage and […]
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Nominees 2022 RSF Prize
Here is the list of nominees for the 2022 RSF Prize. Fifteen journalists and media outlets from all over the world have been shortlisted for their outstanding and essential work in support of the freedom to inform. Here are the exceptional histories on their website. This year is the 30th edition of this prize. Thirty years […]
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The 88th PEN International Congress in Uppsala – Reports and Resolutions
Dear PEN Centres, At this time in history, PEN International is needed more than ever. Sadly, as Arthur Miller once stated, we won’t live long enough to see that noble day when our cherished organization won’t be needed anymore. But let us continue to strive with all our strength for this day to come and […]
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