PEN Moscow Statement
With fear and sadness, we watch as some Russian media are being blocked and others are forced to close or suspend their activities. We, journalists and people of literature, …
Category: STATEMENTS
Resolution on Belarus
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 …
Russia: End impunity for crimes against journalists
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 …
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 …
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 …
International: Protect free speech and expression during COVID-19 outbreak
As COVID-19 spread rapidly around the globe, it has engaged humanity in a fight that has claimed far too many lives...
In support of the journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva
The Russian authorities should drop all charges against Svetlana Prokopyeva, PEN International and PEN Moscow said today, as the journalist is facing a lengthy prison sentence for ‘justifying terrorism’ …
UN Human Rights Council statement
The declaration on freedom of association and peaceful assembly in Russia