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Australia's Blasphemy Laws

Comedian Sami Shah on why Australia's blasphemy laws are still a matter of life and death

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Send a letter of support to Julian in Belmarsh Prison

We stand with Salman Rushdie

"Language and the imagination cannot be imprisoned, or art will die, and with it, a little of what makes us human." Salman Rushdie

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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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Acknowledgement to Country

PEN Sydney is based on the sovereign lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to the custodians of the many Countries of this continent upon whose stolen land we live and work.