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We are now on bluesky
Twitter is toxic, Threads is irrelevant - the world is moving to Bluesky and we’re joining them. Follow us @pensydneyPEN Sydney has decided to join...
creative australia cancels venice artist
Creative Australia's withdrawal of its selection of the artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino for the Venice Biennale is...
lattouf case exposes abc’s lack of integrity
The ABC’s actions in the Antoinett Lattouf constitute censorship and are contravene its obligations towards its employees and public.Journalist...
send a message of hope to amanda echanis
Writer and activist Amanda Echanis was arrested alongside her newborn son on 2 December 2020. Nearly four years later, Echanis remains in detention,...
pen sydney moves from ‘X’ to threads
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,...
kurdish journalists killed in turkiye drone strike
PEN Sydney strongly condemns the assassination of two female journalists in Iraqi KurdistanInternational media outlets reported on 23 August that...
mary kostakidis misrepresented in complaint
Media freedom in Australia is at stake in a complaint made to the Human Rights Commission by the Zionist Federation of Australia.PEN Sydney is...
facing the anaconda
The stakes were high for memoir writer Qin Qin as she struggled with the unwritten red lines of the Chinese government's censorhip pen.‘I’m...
Remembering Sarah Hegazi
After waving a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in Cairo a young woman is tortured. The band are censored and harrassed right across The...
the german shibboleth
Partners in Crime - Political philosopher John Keane writes for PEN Sydney on Germany's historical relationship with Israel and censorship of...
Solidarity with the Saturday Mothers
PEN Sydney reiterates its full solidarity with the Saturday Mothers and urges the authorities of Türkiye to uphold their rights to freedom of...
Selahattin Demirtaş sentenced to 42 years in prison
PEN Sydney condemns the sentencing of Kurdish writer and opposition politician in Türkiye “PEN International utterly condemns the shocking...