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Yang Hengjun trial deeply flawed
Australian PEN Centres condemn the suspended death sentence handed to Yang Henjung PEN International joins the undersigned PEN Centres in condemning...
Freedom of Expression in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
A personal response to the war by PEN Sydney's Mansour Razaghi More than 16,000 people have been killed and housing and infrastructure has been...
call for an international day against censorship
The Iranian Writers Association calls on PEN International and all PEN centres to recognise 4 December as The International Day Against Censorship....
countless journalists killed in gaza conflict
PEN Sydney joins PEN Interntational in strongly condemning the mounting violations of freedom of expression, including the killings and intimidation...
AI and free speech, creativity and democracy
In the hands of bad actors—whether public or private—generative AI tools can supercharge existing threats to free expression.PEN America’s...
The PEN Community mourns the passing of Nyi Pu Lay
The PEN community mourns the passing of writer and President of PEN Myanmar, Nyein Chan (henceforth referred to by his pen name, Nyi Pu Lay). On 21...
Jennifer Lawrence’s Bread and Roses documentary gives Afghan women a voice
Bread and Roses was secretly filmed with the use of multiple covert cameras in the weeks following the fall of Kabul. Picture courtesy of...
Tales of the Wind – A night of Uyghur poetry
On the 13th of July PEN Sydney hosted “Tales of the Wind,” an evening of Uyghur poetry, food and dance to help raise money for The World Uyghur...
Ann Patchett offered her bookstore as a place for solace and peace after school shooting
Ann Patchett on twitterWhen tragedy came to Nashville, when a person with a gun shot to death three children and three adults at a local school in...
Fishes swimming in the river and birds flying above it set the rhythms of the poet’s life
Robert Adamson on a wharf on the river. Photograph by Hazel JohnstonIn July of 2022, following a pattern of several decades, my family and I visited...
Words and images that escaped from prison
Behrouz Boochani made many public appearances and attend many events during his recent visit, including a dinner held by the Kurdish Youth...
Hefty new penalties now applied to protesters
Protesters support Coco Violet. Photograph by Kate Geraghty courtesy of The Sydney Morning HeraldDeanna “Coco” Violet wept with relief inside the...