by PenSydney | Mar 1, 2025 | News
Creative Australia’s withdrawal of its selection of the artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino for the Venice Biennale is censorship. PEN Sydney has joined more than 4000 from the arts community in signing an open letter calling on Creative...
by PenSydney | Feb 28, 2025 | News
The ABC’s actions in the Antoinett Lattouf constitute censorship and are contravene its obligations towards its employees and public. Journalist Antoinette Lattouf is currently awaiting a decision in her Federal Court case against the ABC for unlawful termination. The...
by PenSydney | Nov 14, 2024 | News
Writer and activist Amanda Echanis was arrested alongside her newborn son on 2 December 2020. Nearly four years later, Echanis remains in detention, separated from her child. The charge that was brought against Amanda Echanis—illegal possession of firearms, ammunition...
by PenSydney | Oct 18, 2024 | News
We can no longer support the hate and disinformation that has flooded X since Elon Musk took over. In coordination with PEN Melbourne and PEN Perth, PEN Sydney has decided to leave X (formerly known as Twitter) because use of the platform is irreconcilable with the...
by PenSydney | Sep 7, 2024 | News
PEN Sydney strongly condemns the assassination of two female journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan International media outlets reported on 23 August that two Kurdish female journalists were killed in a drone attack in Said Sadiq, Sulaymaniyah province, in the Kurdistan...
