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Add News Items Here 28 Mar 2025 Türkiye: Ensure peaceful assembly and freedom of expression during protests 28 Mar 2025 28 Mar 2025 27 Mar 2025 Algeria: Novelist Boualem Sansal sentenced to five years in prison 27 Mar 2025 27 Mar 2025 24 Mar 2025 Türkiye: Alarming crackdown on peaceful expression condemned 24 Mar 2025 24 Mar 2025 21 Mar 2025 Identity on Trial: Persecution and Resistance – PEN International Case List 2025 21 Mar 2025 21 Mar 2025 14 Mar 2025 Serbia: One year of unpunished attacks on journalist Dinko Gruhonjić 14 Mar 2025 14 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025 Guatemala: Court's order to return José Rubén Zamora Marroquín back to prison condemned 12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025 China - Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai’s arbitrary detention raised at United Nations 12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2025 Mexico: PEN International denounces threats against journalist Lucero Díaz Estrada and calls for protection 11 Mar 2025 11 Mar 2025 5 Mar 2025 PEN International calls for clemency for imprisoned writer Alaa Abdel-Fattah 5 Mar 2025 5 Mar 2025 25 Feb 2025 Egypt: Call on UK to lead international action on Egypt at UN Human Rights Council 25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025 Bangladesh: Joint Statement on Emerging Digital Laws in Bangladesh 25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025 Georgia: Journalistic Protections in the Context of Protest to be Considered at the Highest Level by the European Court of Human Rights 25 Feb 2025 25 Feb 2025 view more newsInternational Poetry Day 2025: Mahvash Sabet
PEN International spotlights Mahvash Sabet, Iranian teacher, poet, and Baha’i minority member, unjustly imprisoned for her faith. Take action to free her this World Poetry Day.
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PEN International is proud to launch Identity on Trial: Persecution and Resistance – its Case List 2025 , which highlights the increasing persecution of writers based on their identity. This year’s report documents the alarming rise in censorship, imprisonment, and threats faced by writers due to their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or religious beliefs. It underscores a disturbing global trend: those who dare express their identity or challenge dominant narratives are being silenced through legal threats, censorship, and violence.
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