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The stance of the Belarusian PEN Center on persecution of the participants of peaceful rallies to support sovereignty of Belarus

In December 2019, mass gatherings took place in Belarus in defense of the country’s sovereignty. The government respo...

Joint statement by human rights and other civil society organizations

Minsk – January 21, 2020 On January 16, Dzmitry Kazlou, a blogger famous for his criticism of the authorities, ...

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...