The inaugural outing of the World Expression Forum will include a visit to Utøya and new research into young people and democracy.
PEN ‘Freedom to Write’: 277 Writers, Intellectuals Jailed in 36 Nations
An alarming follow-up to the February 2021 Myanmar coup d’état: Yangon moves into the Top 10 Freedom to Write Index offenders.
Saudi IPA Prix Voltaire Laureate Raif Badawi Released, Barred From Travel
The 2016 winner of the IPA’s Prix Voltaire has ended a 10-year prison sentence, but remains barred from leaving the Saudi kingdom.
Norway’s World Expression Forum: The Inaugural Program
A ‘Davos of free speech,’ the opening WEXFO, May 30 and 31, features a roster of world specialists including the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners.
PRH Perú Chief and Author in Defamation Case: Publishing Industry Support
IPA, CPJ, and several embassies condemn the defamation verdict against PRH Perú’s Jerónimo Pimentel and author Christopher Acosta.
In Mexico, Guadalajara Book Fair’s Rubén Padilla: ‘People Were Happy’
Creating an all-physical but smaller 2021 Guadalajara International Book Fair gave organizers a chance to evaluate their approach.
Year’s End: IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi Focuses on Publishing Solidarity, Freedom to Publish
IPA president Bodour Al Qasimi, caps a year of international meetings with publishers with a call for protection of the freedom to publish.
IPA Prix Voltaire Laureate Pham Doan Trang Sentenced to Nine Years in Vietnam
The 43-year-old Vietnamese free-expression activist, publisher, and author Pham Doan Trang won the IPA’s Prix Voltaire in 2020.
Nicaragua’s Sergio Ramírez on Leaving Latin America: ‘A Personal Choice’
While conceding that ‘asylum is very difficult,’ Nicaragua’s Sergio Ramírez, talks about moving to Spain and ‘the role of a writer.’
The IPA’s Prix Voltaire in Mexico: When Neutrality Is Not an Option
The IPA Prix Voltaire, honoring freedom to publish, is 16 years old and has honored 13 recipients. Now it needs world publishing to support it.