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Release Yang Hengjun

an Australian Journalist charged with espionage

Public Enemy Journalist Number One

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PEN Sydney urges for release of Australian journalist Yang Hengjun

PEN Sydney urges for release of Australian journalist Yang Hengjun

Sydney PEN International expresses public support for Australian journalist Yang Hengjun, who has been detained since January in an unknown location in China on suspicion of endangering national security.
Public Enemy Journalist Number One

Public Enemy Journalist Number One

It’s been a long time since the Democratic National Committee (DNC) brought suit against Julian Assange for publishing its leaked emails in 2016. But on 29 July, a Federal Court in New York dismissed the case...the New York Times and Washington Post buried this highly significant story. It didn’t appear in the Australian media at all.

PEN Sydney calls Queensland police to drop charges on Hugo Clement

PEN Sydney is concerned with recent reports regarding the state of press freedom in Australia. On Monday 24 July, French reporter Hugo Clément and...

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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