📚Please read and share our latest report on four years of repression in #Belarus, which includes statistics and specific examples of violations of cultural and human rights of cultural figures, as well as international freedom of speech ratings: penbelarus.org/en/2024/07/22/…

Iranian authorities have handed writer Sepideh Rashnu a prison summons. Just days before she begins her sentence at Evin prison, she shared this statement with us. Read her words and share widely in solidarity with all writers unjustly imprisoned in Iran: pen.org/the-fighters-w…

BELOVED by Empar Moliner will be out by the end of summer. It's the last cover Anna Pont illustrated for us before she died of cancer. 📢ALL profits from the sale of Beloved will go to Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK 📢 Spread the word, R3bels! Pre-orders available soon on our site.

💡On Monday, August 5 at 6 P.M. PEN Belarus President Taciana Niadbaj and PEN Belarus Member Hanna Komar will join Panel Discussion at the Index on Censorship event Letters from Lukashenka's Prisoners to explore what dissent looks and feels like in #Belarus. eventbrite.co.uk/e/letters-from…

#Belarus Thanks to all who came to our Letters from Lukashenka's Prisoners event last night. We stand in solidarity with our many #Belarusian friends & colleagues. Thanks also to Taciana Niadbaj from PEN Belarus Hanna Komar and makers of The Accidental President #freebelarus

PEN Belarus President Taciana Niadbaj and Member Hanna Komar attended the Letters from Lukashenka's Prisoners event by Index on Censorship. Thanks for highlighting political prisoners and raising issues of free expression and censorship in #Belarus.

Up and down the country, thousands of people came out in their communities to join anti-racist gatherings. This is who we are. Compassion, community, care ❤️👏 1/2

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Next week I am launching From the Republics, the first-ever English-language newsletter dedicated to Russia’s ethnic republics & non-Slavic Indigenous communities. Subscribe to receive unrivalled scoops and insider analyses directly to your mailbox fromtherepublics.com

We're delighted to present two public events in partnership with PEN International at the Ashmolean Museum as part of the 90th PEN International Annual Congress. Join us in person or online on 25 & 26 September. Book now: englishpen.org/posts/events/e…

Publishers, orgs, bookshops, festivals, institutions, collectives & other organisers can apply for their International Translation Day events to be featured in this year’s Nationwide programme with National Centre for Writing #ITD2024 Apply & join us (deadline 5 Sep) englishpen.org/open-call-inte…

'As you read this essay [...] I would ask that you hear my voice as though you are on land and I am out at sea.' Today in #PENTransmissions, Sema Kaygusuz on language, water and renewal. Translated by nick glastonbury. pentransmissions.com/2024/08/20/sho…

Several women political prisoners released in Belarus today! 🙏

"Governments and civil society organizations should publicly condemn arbitrary mobility controls and account for them in strategies designed to support human rights defenders." freedomhouse.org/report/transna…

I'm thrilled to announce that our show Body in Progress, my debut as a playwright and actress, will be part of Voila! Theatre Festival in London! 📅 8-9 Nov 2024, 7-8pm 📍 Theatre Deli London Tickets on flash sale till 8.09 voilafestival.co.uk/events/body-in… Please help us spread the word, and see you there🫶

I wrote this play as part of my MA at University of Westminster as a Chevening Awards🇬🇧 student. It's an autobiographical story of overcoming trauma, choosing to not be a victim of the experience I couldn't change. It's embodied and, hopefully, healing. Voila! Theatre Festival Theatre Deli London 8-9 November

My play Body in Progress is on at the Voila! Theatre Festival on 8-9 Nov. I wrote it when taking an MA at University of Westminster under supervision of Dr Helen Eastman, as a Chevening Awards🇬🇧 student. It's gonna be beautiful and touching, engaging and meaningful #londontheatre #WomenInTheatre #theatredeli

On Monday, Amazon workers are going to Parliament to tell MPs about Amazon's relentless union busting tactics. Make sure your MP is there! It only takes two minutes to invite them: actionnetwork.org/letters/invite…

Body in Progress is a #docudrama created in response to the #Belarus protests of 2020. Blending physical and verbal theatre, this eye-opening piece explores one woman's journey through pain to find belonging, justice and power in her vulnerability. tickets.voilafestival.co.uk/sales/voila24/…

Inspired by reading "what if" by Claudia Rankine