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How many journalists are jailed in China? Censorship means we don't know

How many journalists are jailed in China? Censorship means we don't know

Reporting on China's harassment of journalists has never been easy, reports Iris Hsu, China Correspondent for Committee to Project Journalists, on...
Medevac legislation passes through Parliament

Medevac legislation passes through Parliament

Senators and Members of Parliament have come together from across the political spectrum to vote through historic legislation allowing people deta...
One-fifth of Australian adults have limited literacy and numeracy

One-fifth of Australian adults have limited literacy and numeracy

Pallavi Singhal reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, February 15, 2019. Originally published in SMH. More than 20 per cent of Australian adults h...

Egypt expels New York Times correspondent, detains local journalist on false news charges

Originally published by CPJ in Washington, D.C., February 19, 2019 The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns yesterday's detention and expulsio...
Leading US advocacy groups seek accountability on murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi

Leading US advocacy groups seek accountability on murder of writer Jamal Khashoggi

This open letter appeared on PEN America's website. We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, are deeply concerned about the lack of tran...
Kurdish asylum seeker wins Australia's richest literary prize

Kurdish asylum seeker wins Australia's richest literary prize

Writer Behrouz Boochani, who has been supported by Sydney PEN since he was incarcerated on Manus Island in 2013, has won the both the 2019 $25,000 ...
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Freedom to write…freedom to read

Sydney PEN Centre defends freedom of expression: campaigning on behalf of writers who have been silenced by persecution or imprisonment, and promoting the written word in all its forms.

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