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Behrouz Boochani shares his inside account of life on Manus Island.

When Cartoonists are in the Line of Fire

The Free Voices lecture as delivered by Cathy Wilcox

Gaybe Baby

The film caused a stir and got people talking, but what change did it make?

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"Let them speak"

"Let them speak"

A Myanmar court  sentenced two Reuters news agency reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, to seven years each in prison for violating the Official Sec...
Pune police raid Hyderabad journalists' homes

Pune police raid Hyderabad journalists' homes

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns police raids on the homes of Hyderabad-based journalists KV Kurmanath and Kranti Tekula, and calls on...
Truth to power: translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpiece

Truth to power: translating Behrouz Boochani’s masterpiece

Sydney academic Omid Tofighian writes about his role as translator of the book, No Friend but the Mountains: Writing From Manus Prison, by refugee...
White House moves to shut up CNN reporter for ‘inappropriate’ questions

White House moves to shut up CNN reporter for ‘inappropriate’ questions

Last month the White House press office  told CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins that she was not allowed to attend a event in the Rose Garden that was o...
Charges dropped against Malaysia's political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque

Charges dropped against Malaysia's political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque

New York, 31 July, 2018: A Kuala Lumpur court yesterday dropped nine sedition charges against Malaysia's political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaq...
An Open Letter on Australian Media

An Open Letter on Australian Media

Sydney PEN International is extremely concerned about the future of Australia’s media landscape. The Coalition government's repeated attacks on the...
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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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