Veera Tyhtilä: Sananvapaus ja oikeistopopulismi
Niihin aikoihin, yli vuosikymmen sitten, keskustelin erään tuttavaporukan kanssa usein libertarismista. Erityisesti oikeistolibertarismista, eli ideologiasta, joka kannattaa henkilökohtaista ja taloudellista...
Kieli- ja käännöskomiteoiden kongressi järjestettiin toukokuun alussa Meksikossa
Raportti PENin kieli- ja käännöskomiteoiden konferenssista 2019Meksiko, Chiapas, San Cristóbal 1.-5.5.2019 / Veera Tyhtilä Kieli- ja käännöskomiteoiden kokous järjestettiin YK:n...
Shashank Mane: From India to Finland: A PEN Legacy
Freedom of speech is a first amendment in the constitution of the United States of America. As an Indian-American living...
A joint statement of Nordic PEN centres on Iran: Drop charges against human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
A statement by four Nordic PEN Centres, 16 March 2019 Finnish PEN together with Danish PEN, Norwegian PEN, and Swedish...
Kunnianloukkausrikosten oikeuskäsittelyjen yhdenmukaisuus on varmistettava
Helsingin Sanomat käsitteli sunnuntaina 10.3. kunnianloukkausrikosten oikeuskäsittelyä Suomessa. Toimittajat kävivät läpi 867 kunnianloukkaustapausta kolmen viime vuoden ajalta. Sekä syyttäjänvirastojen että...
At the Annual Meeting, a new President and Board elected
A new Board of PEN Finland has been elected in its Annual Meeting held on 13 February 2019. Playwright and...
PEN International Fellowship 2018
Mojibur Doftori, PEN Finland’s board member and the chair of its Writers at Risk Committee, was invited as a fellow...
Mojibur Doftori: Gandhi’s East-West Synthesis and Its Relevance in the 21st Century
Why Gandhi? At the end of 2018, we have been witnessing a global trend of the rise of illiberal democracy....
Finnish PEN 90 years at restaurant Dubrovnik 14.11
90 -year-old writers’ freedom of expression association Finnish PEN invites you to celebrate with us! This special evening on Wednesday...
Finnish PEN at Helsinki Book Fair
Writers’ freedom of expression association Finnish PEN celebrates its 90th year this autumn. We are having five discussions on free speech,...
Finnish PEN’s Resolution on Stifling of Digital Freedom passed in Pune
Digitalization is transforming the world at an unprecedented pace in human history giving people powerful tools to improve lives and...
Egypt: PEN calls for the poet Galal El-Behairy’s sentence to be quashed
PEN calls for charges of ‘insulting the military’ and ‘spreading false news’ to be quashed in an open letter and...
PEN event – Writers for freedom of speech July 16th
The Writer’s Association Finnish PEN organizes an event with PEN America on Monday, 16 July 2018 at 2–4.00 pm on...
New information on Galal El-Behairy’s case
Finnish PEN has received new information about the case of the Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy, who’s currently facing charges in Military...
China: Uyghur pop musician and lyric writer detained, concerns for his well-being
PEN International is seriously concerned for the well-being of Uyghur pop musician and lyric writer, Ablajan Awut Ayup (popularly known...
#FreeGalal poetry demonstration was seen and heard
A group of supporters of the poet Galal El-Behairy gathered in front of the embassy of Egypt in Helsinki to...
Please join us in Helsinki: #FreeGalal demonstration on World Refugee Day 20 June 2018
The 20th of June is UN’s World Refugee Day. It is about sharing responsibility for global issues. Many PEN centres around...
Bangladesh: Publisher killed
11 June 2018 – PEN International is deeply saddened and concerned at today’s news that publisher and writer, Shahzahan Bachchu, was murdered in Munshiganj, Bangladesh...
#FreeGalal and Megaphone X at Freedom of Expression Club on 9 June 2018
Freedom of Expression Club: Ramy Essam – Freedom to Sing was organized at Tenho Restobar on Sat 9 June 2018...
Freedom of Expression Club: Ramy Essam – Freedom to Sing 9.6.2018
Tenho Restobar (Helsinginkatu 15, 2nd floor), Saturday 9 June 2018 18–20pm Ramy Essam is a superstar of Arabic rock music,...