pen sydney moves from ‘X’ to threads

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, PEN Sydney has decided to leave X (formerly known as Twitter) because use of the platform is irreconcilable with the...
kurdish journalists killed in turkiye drone strike

kurdish journalists killed in turkiye drone strike

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...
mary kostakidis misrepresented in complaint

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 concerned by the Zionist Federation of Australia’s (ZFA’s) referral of Mary Kostakidis to the Human Rights Commission. PEN...
facing the anaconda

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 genuinely scared of bringing up so many negatives about China. The place is run on self-censorship because of fear,’ I...
Remembering Sarah Hegazi

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 Middle East for their support of queer rights. It was September 2017 and 35,000 fans at Cairo’s Festival City were...
the german shibboleth

the german shibboleth

Partners in Crime – Political philosopher John Keane writes for PEN Sydney on Germany’s historical relationship with Israel and censorship of Pro-Palestinian voices in Germany today. Karl Marx, a rebel son of Jewish parents, famously remarked that in...
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