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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) and the Russian Journalists’ and Media Workers’ Union (JMWU) join PEN International, PEN Moscow and St Petersburg PEN in condemning the Russian authorities’ …

PEN International, PEN Moscow and St Petersburg PEN condemn the Russian authorities’ move to shut down Memorial International Society and its sister organisation Memorial Human Rights Centre, which are …

The Turkish authorities should not charge Nobel laureate and PEN International Vice President Orhan Pamuk with ‘insulting Atatürk’ and the Turkish flag, PEN International said today, as an investigation …

PEN-Moscow and the Svobodnoye Slovo (Free Speech) association express their solidarity with the International Memorial Society (an NGO considered a foreign agent by the Russian authorities) in connection with …

Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting virtually at its 87th World Congress, 20 to 25 September 2021 Mass and largely peaceful protests have swept Belarus since the disputed …

Her fierce dedication to truth-telling inspires a new generation.

The Russian authorities must urgently end the cycle of impunity for crimes against journalists, PEN International, PEN Moscow and St Petersburg PEN said today, after the European Court of …

During the failed 1991 coup against Gorbachev, the democratic press rose up with a unity and determination that is hard to imagine today.

The Nobel laureate on a new wave of repressions in Belarus, the role of women in revolution, and life after the pandemic.

American and Russian women who remember the danger of the Cold War understand the stakes of this year’s summit.