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PEN Sydney AGM 2022
PEN Sydney AGM 11 am 19 June 2022 at JOZO cafe, 495 Oxford Street Paddington PEN Sydney will hold its AGM on Sunday 19 June at 11 am at JOZO cafe in...
Bring Julian Assange Home-An open letter to Foreign Minister Marise Payne
On the 5th April, John Shipton (Julian Assange's Dad) issued this statement via Change.org: "Dear Friends, I have just returned from London where I...
A thousand Nobel Laureates, writers and artists worldwide condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Photo credit: Nick Starichenko/ShutterstockPEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by over...
Taliban orders closure of girls’ school, denying hope and equal opportunity to a generation
On 23 March, the Taliban’s Ministry of Education issued an announcement stating that girls’ secondary schools would remain closed until further...
Poetry prize offers ‘hope’ to Australian poets
Australian Catholic University is putting the call out to poets from around the nation to share a glimmer of hope in a world shaken by a global...
Maria Tumarkin’s appeal for the people of Ukraine
My childhood friend’s son, Yurii, made a video in English about Kharkiv’s destruction (note, this is highly distressing, please take care when...
Newsletter From PEN Ukraine
Russian propagandists stated that Kyiv would be captured in a matter of days, but this did not happen. Ukraine withstands the attack, but Russia...
Ukraine/Russia: Renewed Call for Peace as Human Rights Crisis Intensifies
The Russian authorities must immediately end their senseless war in Ukraine, PEN International said today, as the human rights and humanitarian...
Release Selahattin Demirtaş Now
PEN Centres Condemn Decision to Allow the Extradition of Julian Assange
10 December 2021 – The news today of the decision of the High Court to clear the way for Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to be...
Afghan Writers and journalists need your help
Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August this year, freedom of expression and many basic human rights are under dire attack. While...