International Press Freedom Day
The commemoration of Unesco this May 3,2021 has a slogan ” Information as public good”. It is symbolic : during pandemic time people all over the globe understood the …
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PEN International. World Press Freedom Day
On World Press Freedom Day (3 May), PEN International will pay a tribute to journalists who have lost their lives and remember those who are targeted in the pursuit …
Democracy Without Women Is Not Democracy
Gorbachev’s perestroika gave a start to the independent women’s movement in Russia.
Russia: PEN Moscow and the Free Word Association raise alarm at mass arrests and brute force against supporters of Alexei Navalny
A joint statement issued 2 February 2020 by PEN Moscow and the Free Word Association condemns the ‘brutal force’ applied by police against protesters demonstrating the arrest of opposition …
PEN Moscow and Free Word Association Statement
On January 31, mass processions and meetings took place throughout Russia. People of different generations, views and political sympathies came out onto the streets. Among them were those who …
Statement of PEN Moscow and The Free Word Association
A remarkable Belarusian poet, laureate of the Russian Prize Dmitry Strocev suddenly disappeared in Minsk yesterday. And today, twenty hours later, it turned out that he is being kept …
Investigation of Anna Politkovskaya’s murder was inadequate, says the ECHR
The European Court of Human Rights released a judgement on 17 July, stating that the investigation of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya‘s murder “failed to look properly into who commissioned …
Joint statement of PEN Moscow, The Free Word Association and St. Petersburg PEN Club
A neighboring country, to which we are blood-related, shouts in two languages: Belarusian and Russian. About the totally falsified election. About the exiled and imprisoned candidates. About thousands of …
Nadezhda Azhgikhina reviews “Andrei Sakharov, Elena Bonner, and friends: Life was typical, tragic, and beautiful”
Nine Years Without Elena Bonner: 18 June marked the ninth anniversary of her death
Freedom of Speech Is Under the Gun as the Virus Spreads in Russia
Authorities are tightening the screws on journalists and those who speak out. Growing civil solidarity may be the response