2019
Statement on Administrative Proceedings Against Participants of Pro-Independence Protests
The Board of the Belarusian PEN Centre is deeply concerned over the administrative arrests and fines applied to the p...
The Belarusian PEN Board expelled Pavel Sevyarynets from the organization
At the beginning of this year, Board of Belarusian PEN Centre expelled Pavel Sevyarynets from the organization becaus...
RESOLUTION ON THE BELARUSIAN LANGUAGE
The Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 85th annual Congress in Manila, Philippines, 1 to 5 Oc...
#FreeAseev: Statement of the Executive Board of PEN Ukraine
Over two years ago, in June 2017, a Ukrainian writer and journalist Stanislav Aseev was abducted in Donetsk on the te...
Turkey: Former Cumhuriyet staff sent to jail
The Turkish authorities must overturn the convictions of six former Cumhuriyet members of staff and journalists who w...
United Kingdom: Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States
The British authorities must not extradite WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to the United States.
Italy: Writer and journalist Roberto Saviano facing prison for defamation
The Italian authorities should immediately drop criminal defamation charges against writer, journalist and PEN award ...
Russia: New laws threaten freedom of expression and media freedom
With the adoption of two new laws criminalising 'insult' to the state and the dissemination of 'fake news', as well a...
European Union: Cooperation Council must keep up pressure on Azerbaijan to uphold freedom of expression
As European and Azerbaijani leaders gather in Brussels following Azerbaijan’s release of scores of wrongfully impriso...
Belarusian PEN Center: “We protest the detention of writers, musicians, and other peaceful participants on Freedom Day”
The Belarusian PEN center condemns the detention of writers, musicians, and other participants in the peaceful rally ...
PEN America Joins Belarusian PEN Center in Call to End Persecution of Writer and Activist Paviel Sieviaryniec
The harassment of renowned writer Paviel Sievaryniec and his fellow activists in Belarus has gone on for too long, an...
Conviction of editor-in-chief must be quashed
PEN International and the Belarusian PEN Center strongly condemn the decision to fine editor-in-chief Maryna Zolatava...