PEN America: “Regrettable” that Elizabeth Gilbert Delayed Publication of New...
(NEW YORK)— In response to news reports that author Elizabeth Gilbert has delayed indefinitely a new novel because of a backlash over its being set in Russia while the war in Ukraine is ongoing, PEN...
View ArticleNew Report Calls for Greater Protections for Threatened Artists on the...
(NEW YORK)— Around the world, socially engaged artists are being threatened, harassed, and persecuted by authoritarian governments, which increasingly employ surveillance technologies against them,...
View ArticlePEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week...
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. PEN America hosted the...
View ArticleStrong Condemnation of Russia’s Detention of Journalist Alsu Kurmasheva
(NEW YORK) – PEN America strongly condemns the detention by the Russian government of Alsu Kurmasheva, a Prague-based journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), for failing to register...
View ArticleAleksandra Skochilenko Sentenced to 7 Years for Supermarket Art Project
(NEW YORK) – Russian artist, musician, and author Aleksandra (Sasha) Skochilenko was sentenced to seven years in prison today for “knowingly spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces.”...
View ArticlePEN America Publishes Safety Guide for Russian-Speaking Artists at Risk
PEN America Publishes Safety Guide for Russian-Speaking Artists at Risk русская версия ниже (NEW YORK) – PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) released the highly anticipated Russian...
View ArticleRussia Places Best-Selling Novelist Boris Akunin on its Wanted List
(NEW YORK) — PEN America condemns the Russian government for placing London-based Grigory Chkhartishvili, better known under his pen name Boris Akunin, on its wanted list for alleged criminal activity....
View ArticlePEN America Speaks: How We Defended and Celebrated Free Expression The Week...
PEN America works tirelessly to defend free expression, support persecuted writers, and promote literary culture. Here are some of the latest ways PEN America is speaking out. PEN America hosted an...
View ArticlePEN America Condemns Unjust Jailing of Memorial Co-Chair for Article...
(NEW YORK) – PEN America strongly condemns the Russian government’s sentencing of prominent human rights defender Oleg Orlov, co-chair of Memorial, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Orlov, 70, was...
View ArticleARC Deeply Concerned for Artists’ Rights and Freedom of Expression in Russia
(NEW YORK)— In the run-up to the three-day election that secured Vladimir Putin a fifth term as Russia’s president, the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) raided the homes and studios of more...
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