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18 May is the first day that the UK Home Secretary Priti Patel can order the extradition of Julian Assange to the USA for prosecution.  Join PEN S...

"Time is running out for Julian, his physical condition is shocking. Years of psychological torture and arbitrary detention demand their bitter toll. He has been denied his final appeal and is now awaiting a US extradition order expected to be handed down on 20 April." John Shipton - Julian's dad, 5th April.

Australian Catholic University is putting the call out to poets from around thenation to share a glimmer of hope in a world shaken by a global pand...

PEN International is alarmed by the Taliban’s abrupt announcement that girlswill continue to be denied the ability to attend secondary school, desp...

PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by over 1000 writers worldwide, expressing solidarit...

 I am a Ukrainian–Jewish–Australian writer born and raised in Kharkiv. Increasingly my city is being compared to Aleppo in Syria...

For more than a week, Ukraine has been defending itself, displacing Russian demotivated soldiers in certain locations. Russian propaga...

The Russian authorities must immediately end their senseless war in Ukraine, PEN International said today, as the human rights and humanitarian cri...

United Kingdom / USA: PEN Centres Condemn Decision to Allow the Extradition of Julian Assange 10 December 2021 – The news today of the decision of...

Afghan Writers and journalists need your help Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August this year, freedom of expression and many b...

  PEN Sydney has decided to postpone this lecture to early 2022 (Covid willing) due to many people's concerns about COVID 19 and especially about...