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Iran: a Conversation about the Elections, Protests, and the Future
Only one month following the start of Iran’s civilian uprising, PEN American Center joins forces with The New York Review of Books and 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center for New York City’s fir...
Regions: Iran
Issues: Elections, Freedom of opinion & expression, Justice
A Message from Liu Xiaobo
Renowned literary critic, writer and activist Liu Xiaobo talks about freedom of expression in China.
Regions: China
Issues: Arbitrary arrest, Detention, Freedom of opinion & expression
Voices Against Torture: Writers and Lawyers on the Way Forward
On Tuesday, December 16, 2008, ACS and the PEN American Center will host a panel featuring writers and lawyers discussing their work and its relationship to combating torture....
Regions: Afghanistan, Iraq, United States
Issues: Human rights defenders, Terrorism, Torture
Reading Burma: A Benefit for Cyclone Relief and and Freedom of Expression in Burma/Myanmar
On the first anniversary of the monks' uprising in which thousands protested against Burma's military dictatorship, and the 20th anniversary of the 1988 pro-democracy protests, PEN will join with the...
Regions: Myanmar, United States
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression, Natural disasters
PEN Members Demand Release of All Writers Imprisoned in China
99 days before the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics, PEN Members Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody, and Ma Jian delivered to the Chinese Mission to the United Nations a pet...
Regions: China, United States
Issues: Freedom of opinion & expression
Bringing Down the Great Firewall of China: Silenced Writers Speak on the Eve of the Olympics
On Thursday evening, August 7, 2008 – the night before the Olympic Games open in Beijing – PEN will hold an event at Tishman Auditorium in New York City in which a dozen of our leading members, i...