Articles by PEN International
An open letter calling for justice for slain journalist Ibrahim Foday
Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.
Saudi Arabia: Supreme Court confirms sentence of editor Raif Badawi
PEN International continues to call for Badawi’s conviction to be overturned and for his sentence of flogging to be halted immediately.
Swedish-Eritrean writer marks 5,000 days in detention without trial
Dawit Isaak – co-owner of the weekly newspaper Setit – has spent half of his time in detention in solitary confinement, has been tortured and is in very poor physical and mental health.
Nauru authorities urged to restore access to open, global Internet
Free expression and human rights organisations have reacted to the government of Nauru’s decision to block certain services on the internet and to amend the criminal code to impose new penalties on expression.
Groups call on India to repeal laws threatening free expression, democracy
The chill on free expression silences political criticism and often discourages marginal voices from speaking out on sensitive social, cultural, and religious matters.
Repressive “homosexual propaganda” laws on the rise
These discriminatory laws deny the rights of all people to freedom of expression, association and assembly, and give license to violence, extortion and serious discrimination.
Ahead of cartoonist’s trial, NGOs call on Malaysian government to drop charges
Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.
Not in our name: World Press Freedom Day 116 days after Charlie Hebdo
On World Press Freedom Day, organisations from around the globe commit to defending the right to freedom of expression, even when that right is being used to express views that may be offensive.