Category Archives: News
Uncategorized News
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, [...]
Continue readingNov
News
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 [...]
Continue readingNov
News
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 [...]
Continue readingOct
News
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 [...]
Continue readingSep
News
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 [...]
Continue readingSep
PEN International mourns the death of Paul Auster
“Paul Auster’s contributions to literature have left an indelible mark on the literary world, inspiring [...]
May
“Know Her Words” – VOLUME 1 | Women Writers Committee of PEN International|
Project: Know Her Words is an initiative of PEN International’s Women Writers Committee to highlight [...]
Mar
”Writers are influential in every aspect of social life” Burhan Sönmez in a conversation with Tessy Baila
The President of PEN International, Burhan Sönmez, in a conversation with the General Secretary of [...]
Mar
Myanmar: PEN Centres around the world condemn the execution of writer Kyaw Min
Kyaw Min Yu (also known as Ko Jimmy) Photo courtesy of anonymous PEN Centres around [...]
Jul
PEN AMERICA: FREE EXPRESSION RIGHTS ARE THREATENED BY OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE
PEN AMERICA: FREE EXPRESSION RIGHTS ARE THREATENED BY OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE “PEN America will [...]
Jun
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN Greece: War bears censorship
The need for critical thinking during wartimes is now necessary more than ever. Our time [...]
Jun
Myanmar: PEN International condemns military junta’s decision to execute writer
Kyaw Min Yu (also known as Ko Jimmy) PEN International is gravely concerned by reports [...]
Jun
Board of Directors 27th May 2022
Board of Directors 27th May 2022 Dear members, Following the resignation of two members of [...]
Jun
PEN America: Freedom to Write Index 2021
Introduction On February 1, 2021, a military coup violently disrupted Myanmar’s fragile and uncertain experiment [...]
Apr
World Poetry Day: Take action for Maung Yu Py (Myanmar)
“The story of Maung Yu Py, is the story of all those who are detained, [...]
Mar