Author Archives: PenGreece

World Day of the Imprisoned Writer: Ma Thida in conversation with Lale Alatli

On the occasion of the World Day of the Imprisoned Writer, the emblematic Ma Thida, [...]

Türkiye: Writer Yavuz Ekinci on trial again as spurious terror-propaganda case resumes

Image Credit: Ege Tonbul UPDATE 10 November 2025: Today, the 23rd High Criminal Court in [...]

China: PEN International and PEN Centres worldwide renew call for the release of Gui Minhai, the imprisoned poet, bookseller and PEN member

Image Credit: AP / Alamy ‘The abduction of poet, bookseller and PEN member Gui Minhai [...]

PEN International launches its Manifesto on the Defence of Nature

Image Credit: Gorodenkoff/ Shutter Stock “The Manifesto on the Defence of Nature is not only [...]

PEN International’s resolutions to defend free expression, gender diversity, human rights, and climate justice

“At this 91st Congress we affirmed that freedom of expression cannot be atomized —whether in [...]

Freedom of Words – Words of the Free: Highlights from PEN International’s 91st Congress in Kraków, Poland

Image Credit: Katarzyna Kukielka “At this Congress in Kraków we saw the importance of our [...]

PEN INTERNATIONAL: Nobel Laureate Olga Tokarczuk joins PEN International leadership as Vice President

“We are honoured to welcome Olga Tokarczuk as Vice President of PEN International. Through her [...]

Literary giants Olga Tokarczuk, Margaret Atwood and Burhan Sonmez to open PEN International’s 91st Congress in Kraków

  “This rare and timely public conversation between Tokarczuk and Sonmez comes at a moment [...]

OPT/Israel: The assassination of Aljazeera journalists is another desperate attempt to hide the truth about Israel’s crimes in Gaza

Image: Edward Crawford (Shutterstock) “We mourn and condemn the killing of five Palestinian journalists in [...]

Georgia: Release renowned poet and translator Zviad Ratiani

‘Zviad Ratiani is facing overly harsh criminal punishments on account of his dissenting views. We [...]