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PEN International

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PEN International

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Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.

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Joined June 2011

PEN International
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Jun 11, 2019
As the trial of writers and Catalan civil society leaders @jordialapreso and @jcuixart comes to an end, PEN International again calls on the Spanish authorities to release them immediately and to drop the charges of rebellion and sedition against them. pen-international.org/news/spain-cas…
PEN International
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Jun 17, 2022
We strongly condemn @pritipatel’s decision to approve the extradition of @wikileaks publisher Julian #Assange to the US where he faces up to 175 years in prison. Disclosing information of public interest is not a crime #FreeAssangeNOW: pen-international.org/news/us-uk-dec…
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Oct 24, 2024
We are outraged by @IDF threats against six Palestinian journalists, labelling them as terrorists for reporting on Israel’s war crimes. We condemn the ongoing threats, impunity over their killings, and severe restrictions on FoE in #Gaza since Oct 2023. Read our #PENCongress
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90th Annual Congress Resolutions — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of...
02 October 2024: At its 90th Congress held in Oxford from 24th to 27th September 2024, the Assembly of Delegates of PEN International adopted two critical resolutions condemning the grave violations...
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Jun 25, 2019
'Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.' George Orwell, born #OnThisDay in 1903. This year also marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of 1984.
PEN International
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Dec 4, 2019
Today is first hearing in the libel lawsuit against investigative journalist @carolecadwalla. PEN stands in solidarity with Carole and all other journalists who face defamation suits due to their journalistic work.
PEN International
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Aug 12, 2022
“PEN International utterly condemns the brutal attack on Salman Rushdie. Salman is an esteemed and celebrated author and beloved member of the PEN community" - Burhan Sonmez, PEN International President. Read the statement: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter… #SalmanRushdie
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Apr 10, 2024
Writer Selahattin Demirtaş turns 51 today. This is the eighth birthday he spends behind bars. #Türkiye must abide by @ECHR_CEDH rulings and release him now. #FreeDemirtaş #SelahattinDemirtaş
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PEN International
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Jul 3, 2024
Today is #JulianAssange’s birthday, the first he can celebrate with his loved ones, as a free man, in years. We rejoice at his release and urge that no other journalist or publisher exposing information in the public interest go through what he endured.
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UK/US: Impending release of Julian Assange welcomed yet threat to press freedom remains — PEN...
“While we celebrate his long-awaited release, Assange should have never spent 1901 days behind bars. He will never get the past five years of his life back. His cruel incarceration and extradition...
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PEN International
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Oct 13, 2019
The Hong Kong Police Force has committed pervasive human rights violations as a state actor in responding to the protests and is not in a position to investigate itself and to remedy the widespread unlawful suppression of protests - @amnestyusa
Patterns of repression: Timeline of the 2019 Hong Kong protests
From amnesty.org
PEN International
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Aug 7, 2017
The language family tree:
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Jul 3, 2021
Julian Assange turns 50 today. We stand with him on his birthday and urgently call for his immediately release and for the extradition request by the US government to be withdrawn #FreeAssange pen-international.org/news/united-ki…
PEN International
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Mar 15, 2022
We are disappointed that Julian Assange was denied permission to appeal. We urge the Home Office to #FreeAssange and block his extradition to the US
Julian Assange denied permission to appeal against US extradition
From theguardian.com
PEN International
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Dec 20, 2024
We deplore the killing of Kurdish journalists Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin by a Turkish drone strike in northern #Syria. We urge #Türkiye to promptly investigate and hold those responsible to account. bianet.org/haber/two-kurd… @Pen_mena
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Two Kurdish journalists killed in suspected Turkish drone strike in northern Syria
Nazım Daştan and Cihan Bilgin were covering the clashes between Turkey-backed groups and Kurdish foces.
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PEN International
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Dec 17, 2019
'While both Hong Kong and Taiwan are bastions of free press, Beijing has increasingly put them under strain as it attempts to influence editorial content and spread propaganda,' says a @pressfreedom report on how China exports censorship:
China Threatening Media Freedom in Hong Kong and Taiwan: CPJ
From time.com