On #WorldPressFreedomDay , PEN International urgently calls for the defence of press freedom in #Gaza and across the region amidst the death of 97 journalists and media workers since 7 October 2023. Take action with us: pen-international.org/our-campaigns/… #Israel

PEN International President, Burhan Sonmez, on the plight of journalists and erasure of press freedom since #Israel 's bombing on Gaza began on 7 October 2023. On #WorldPressFreedomDay , take action and demand the protection of the press: pen-international.org/our-campaigns/…

Today, on #WorldBookDay , PEN International and its Centres denounce the surge of #bookbans worldwide. We urge authorities worldwide, particularly in #Belarus , #Brazil , #China , #Hungary , #RussianFederation , #Türkiye , and #USA to CEASE BOOK BANS and uphold human rights. Our statement ⬇️

Apply to the 2024 Tejumola Olaniyan Creative Writers-in-Residence Fellowship | Deadline: June 1 brittlepaper.com/2024/03/apply-…

We join these 27 human rights orgs in urging the UNWGAD to act on Alaa Abd el-Fattah's case

We are still waiting for an update from the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding Alaa Abd el-Fattah's ongoing imprisonment in Egypt.

Today, 27 human rights orgs ask the UNWGAD to take urgent action. #FreeAlaa Free Alaa
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Innocent Bahati is a popular Rwandan poet known for his open and critical expression on social issues affecting ordinary Rwandans.

He has been missing since 7 February 2021. Bahati published his poetry on YouTube and Facebook and regularly performed at poetry events in #Rwanda .

Remember their names: Dawit Isaak; Amanuel Asrat; Said Idris ‘Abu Are’; Temesegen Ghebreyesus; Methanie Haile; Fessehaye ‘Joshua’ Yohannes; Yousif Mohammed Ali; Seyoum Tsehaye; Dawit Habtemichael; Said Abdelkadir; Sahle ‘Wedi-ltay’ Tsefezab; and Matheos Habteab. #FreeTheWriters

Yes! & write their names in any existing language: ዳዊት ኢሳቕ፣ኣማኑኤል ኣስራት፣ስዒድ እድሪስ (ኣቡ-ዓረ)፣ተመስገን ገ/የሱስ፣መድሃነ ሃይለ፣ፍስሃየ ዮውሃንስ፣ዩሱፍ መሓመድ ዓሊ፣ስዩም ጸሃየ፣ዳዊት ሃ/ኤል፣ስዒድ ዓ/ቃድር፣ሳህለ ጸ/ኣብ፣ማቴዎስ ሃ/ኣብ

TAKE ACTION for the collective case of imprisoned writers/journalists in #Eritrea . Call on the authorities to:
- Reveal the whereabouts and fate of the collective
- Immediately and unconditionally release all those arbitrarily detained and disappeared
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September 2023 marked 22 years of the incommunicado detention without trial of a group of writers and journalists from #Eritrea . To mark the release of our Case List 2023/2024, TAKE ACTION to #FreeTheWriters today: pen-international.org/our-campaigns/…

On #WorldPoetryDay , PEN International releases War, Censorship, and Persecution: our Case List 2023/2024, highlighting challenges for writers in global conflicts and emphasising the need to safeguard freedom of expression, especially in war-torn regions: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter…

These words were written by #AmanuelAsrat , one of 12 writers and journalists from #Eritrea who have been detained without trial for 2022 years for their work. We cannot let their voice be forgotten. TAKE ACTION with us today. #FreeTheWriters : pen-international.org/our-campaigns/…

🧵 A thread for DefendDefenders' oral statements at the 55th session of the UN Human Rights Council ( #HRC55 ).

Today, at the first debate of the session, our Executive Director @Hassan_Shire delivered a statement on #Eritrea .

Read the full statement — and all future

ተስፋልደት፡ ተስፋ ዂልና ነይሩ!
By Dessale Berekhet

In memory of the late Tesfaldet Alem Meharena: tinyurl.com/2cdhs5we

The Committee to Protect Journalists has published its 2023 prison census and unfortunately, Eritrea is once again found to be the top jailer of journalists across Africa CPJ Africa More on the global census: cpj.org/reports/2024/0…

More journalists have been killed in the first 10 weeks of the Israel-Gaza war than have ever been killed in a single country over an entire year, according to a new analysis released Thursday by the Committee to Protect Journalists. cpj.org/2023/12/israel…

🏆 Come to Florence as an awardee!

We're thrilled to announce 10 prizes of 1000 euros each to participate in the first edition of the festival
➡️ #Awards to champion outstanding #journalists and #MediaLiteracy advocates

📅 Apply by 31 January 2024

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