As PEN Belarus is told it’s to be shut down, PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel speaks of ‘when a government silences and stomps on its writers.’
European Writers Council and PEN America Slam Belarus Raids
The European Writers Council and a consortium of agencies working with PEN America blast the Lukashenko regime’s new raids in Belarus.
PEN America’s New Report on Turkey: Five Years After the Failed Coup
The US chapter of PEN International weighs in with a report on the Erdoğan regime’s repression of writers and freedom of expression.
Germany’s Publishers Demand That Belarus Release Roman Protasevich
The Börsenverein has partnered with Frankfurter Buchmesse and nine other institutions in a petition pressing for the activist’s release.
PEN Belarus Leads Activists’ Response to Roman Protasevich’s Arrest
Demanding the detained writer’s release, the Belarusian PEN Centre unites with sister agencies on the freedom to publish.
Germany Backs Frankfurt Exhibitors, Hails ‘Freedom of Expression Week’
Industry Notes: As Berlin underwrites exhibitors’ risk at Frankfurt, the Börsenverein makes ‘Freedom of Expression Week’ a recurring program.
German Publishers’ ‘Freedom of Expression Week’ Is Underway
International citizens are signing the new Charter for the Freedom of Expression created by the German publishers’ association.
PEN America Releases New International Freedom To Write Index
The second edition of PEN’s Freedom to Write Index sees an alarming jump in writer detentions from 238 detainees in 2019 to at least 273 in 2020, in 35 countries.
Lebanon: Calls for Investigation Follow Publisher Lokman Slim’s Murder
Leaders of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Börsenverein, supported by the International Publishers Association, condemn the killing of Lokman Slim.
Writers, Translators Call for Action: Belarus Solidarity Day
In a joint call to action, Europe’s writers and translators call on ministers of culture to take action against Lukashenko’s Belarus.