Articles by PEN Canada
Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy
Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.
Refugees, migrants and minorities: Asia Pacific September round-up
Award recognizes Iranian cartoonist held by Australia, surveillance in Thailand takes a most scary turn and a report on transgender women in Cambodia reveals shocking statistics.
Canada must prioritise free expression rights in relationship with China
IFEX members call on Prime Minister Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the Canada-China relationship.
Intolerance in the time of Modi
New report finds implicit vigilante “go aheads” have created a climate of unquestioning nationalism and harassment in PM Narendra Modi’s India.
New cybercrime law is fundamentally flawed
IFEX members protest the impact on free expression of the overly broad bill, adopted on 12 August.
Bahrain must end reprisals and harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman
IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the and judicial harassment and reprisals against Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman.
NGOs to Bahrain: Rights of Nazeeha Saeed and all journalists to report must be respected
On Sunday 17 July 2016 award-winning journalist Nazeeha Saeed was charged by Bahraini Public Prosecution for reporting to foreign media outlets without a license.
Leading press freedom group and IFEX member should be granted access to UN bodies
Civil society groups ask ECOSOC to reconsider granting valued press freedom group and IFEX member, The Committee to Protect Journalists, consultative status at the UN.