#Norway : We express profound disappointment and concern over the lack of justice for the attempted murder of our Vice President William Nygaard and renew our call for full justice and accountability: pen-international.org/news/norway-la… William Nygaard Norsk PEN

Today marks 5 years since #JulianAssange was arrested. He remains behind bars at Belmarsh prison in the #UK awaiting the decision on whether he can appeal his extradition to the #US . PEN International renews our call for his immediate release. Stop the extradition and…

✨ We have just released new Recommendations and best practices to support Belarusian culture! ✍🏻We urge you to sign this document by 📮filling out this short form forms.gle/GVtfHCzL6zqhUi… #Belarus

Writer Selahattin Demirtaş turns 51 today. This is the eighth birthday he spends behind bars. #Türkiye must abide by ECHR CEDH rulings and release him now. #FreeDemirtaş #SelahattinDemirtaş

Listen to Serbian writer and journalist, Marko Vidojković, talk about the various threats facing independent voices in #Serbia today. Learn more via PEN International's Case List 2023/2024, War, Censorship and Persecution: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter…

Listen as Palestinian writer, Fatena Al-Ghorra, discusses the the destruction of cultural spaces in #Gaza , during the launch of PEN International's Case List 2023/2024. Read War, Censorship, and Persecution here: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter… PEN MENA #Israel

We join The CASE in welcoming the Council of Europe’s Recommendation on #SLAPPs . A major milestone in the fight against abusive lawsuits aimed at silencing journalists, writers and other watchdogs.

📢CASE welcomes the CoE’s Rec on #SLAPPs , approved by the Committee of Ministers. It significantly enhances the standards set by the EU Directive & will help push non-EU MSs to introduce meaningful anti-SLAPP protections.

Read CASE's full statement here: the-case.eu/latest/coes-re…

Listen back to Cuban artist, #TaniaBruguera , speaking during the launch of PEN International's Case List 2023/2024, on the threats facing writers and artists in #Cuba today. Learn more, read the Case List: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter… tania bruguera PEN International - Las Américas y el Caribe

Read PEN International's Case List 2023/2024: War, Censorship and Persecution, documenting 122 cases of writers facing harassment, arrest, violence, and death worldwide including Africa (14), the Americas (36), Asia/Pacific (24), Europe and Central Asia (32), and the Middle East…

Join us on 2nd April for the digital launch of PEN Norway's Guidelines on Indictment Writing for Prosecutors in #Turkey !
➡️ Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
➡️ Read the Guidelines: norskpen.no/guidelines-on-…

#Update : All charges against PEN member Boban Batrićević were dropped, though he should have never been charged in the first place. We urge #Montenegro to uphold the right to #FreeExpression : pen-international.org/news/montenegr…
Crnogorski PEN centar - Montenegrin PEN Center Svenska PEN

#Serbia : PEN International condemns the mounting death threats against writer and academic Dinko Gruhonjić. The situation for freedom of expression in #Serbia is at a critical point. All those responsible must be held to account: pen-international.org/news/serbia-de…

EVENT: Join Norsk PEN's webinar on 2 April marking the launch of PEN Norway's Guidelines on Indictment Writing for Prosecutors in #Turkey . Registration details below:

👉Posle višegodišnje kampanje pretnji i uvreda, zbog čega je prošlu godinu proveo van zemlje, Marka Vidojkovića Međunarodni PEN centar PEN International u izveštaju o stanju slobode izražavanja navodi kao jedan od dva najteža slučaja u Evropi

✍Danijel Apro

cenzolovka.rs/pritisci-i-nap…

PEN International and PEN Centres worldwide remain deeply concerned by the dangerous prospect of #JulianAssange 's extradition to the #US going ahead after the #UK High Court adjourned his permission to appeal. Our statement: pen-international.org/news/julian-as…

#FreeAssange NOW #FreeAssange

#UK : A decision is expected today at 10am GMT from the UK High Court as to whether #JulianAssange will have the right to appeal his extradition to the #USA . Stay tuned for updates: pen-international.org/news/pen-reite…
Free Assange - #FreeAssange Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW Defend Assange Campaign

War, Censorship, and Persecution documents 122 cases of writers facing harassment, arrest, violence and even death worldwide. Read our Case List 2023/2024: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter…

On #WorldPoetryDay , we think of all the poets who have been harassed, imprisoned, and even killed worldwide. Here's If I Must Die by #RefaatAlareer who wrote the poem weeks before he was killed by an Israeli airstrike in #Gaza . Read our Case List: pen-international.org/news/pen-inter…