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Saudi journalists detained

PEN Sydney calls for their release

We stand with Mimi Mefo

Why did the Government refuse entry to this world renowned journalist?

The big chilling effect

Limits on Australia’s media freedom just keep increasing

Release Yang Hengjun

an Australian Journalist charged with espionage

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Saudi journalists detained in Australia after seeking asylum

PEN Sydney expresses support for two Saudi journalists administratively detained in Australia. The journalists (not named to protect their identiti...
The big chilling effect

The big chilling effect

The big issues this year, the journalists note, include the raids, a raft of national security laws, and the prosecution of whistleblowers Richard Boyle, David McBride and Witness K. The limits placed on Australia’s media freedom are increasing and the warnings of recent years about the dangers ahead are now being realised. So what can be done about Australia’s slide into a national security state?
We stand with Mimi Mefo

We stand with Mimi Mefo

  PEN Sydney – a branch of PEN International, a worldwide organisation dedicated to supporting persecuted writers – expresses support for Camerooni...

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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