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Tibetan writer jailed for four years
A Tibetan writer arrested by Chinese police nearly three years ago has been confirmed to be serving four years in prison for “splittism and...
Sarah Malik on reading as a lifeline
It was just over 20 years ago that I walked through the front doors to do an arts and law degree. I was 18, a bookish and shy young Muslim woman...
NSW Premier’s Translation Prize shortlist announced
Congratulations to the translators shortlisted in this year's NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. The prize was proposed by PEN Sydney and is funded...
Sydney Belmarsh Tribunal experts pressure Prime Minister to save Assange
Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunals of the Vietnam War, the Belmarsh Tribunal convened in Sydney University’s Great Hall on March 4, for a...
Cuban poet Maria Cristina Garrido Rodriguez
To mark International Women's Day 2023, PEN International and PEN Sydney are featuring the case of Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido...
Iranian writers Arash Ganji and Khandan Mahabadi released
Today PEN International, PEN Sydney, PEN America and 34 other Centers in the PEN literary and free expression network released a joint statement,...
Media censorship in Türkiye earthquake zone
In the hands of bad actors—whether public or private—generative AI tools can supercharge existing threats to free expression.In this statement...
A poet contemplates his release from prison
İlhan Sami Çomak was a wide-eyed university student from a Kurdish village when 29 years ago he was detained in Istanbul by Turkish authorities. He...
Some positive news from PEN International
In September, Burmese poet Maung Yu Py was released following his detention in March 2021. We continue to call for the immediate release of all...
LOVERS OF WRITING: VOLUNTEER AT SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL
If you love the SWF and have time, why not volunteer for SWF? A long term partner of PEN Sydney - providing us with support to deliver one of our...
Joint statement calling for the release of unlawfully detained Iranian poets and writers
Ali AsadollahiThe death in police custody of the young Iranian-Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini, for wearing ‘inappropriate attire,’ instigated a...
Award winning Iranian poet unjustly jailed
PEN Sydney statement for Mahvash Sabet PEN Sydney strongly condemns the detention of Baha’i writer and poet Mahvash Sabet in Evin prison, Tehran who...