Joint oral statement on the deterioration of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
UN Human Rights Council 34th Special Session Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Delivered by Sarah...
Mojibur Doftori: Strengthening Universal Liberal Democratic Values: What the World Can Learn from India and Nordic Countries?
Fhe results of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections came as a shock to many people across the world. Donald Trump,...
PEN Welcomes the Words of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
The Nordic PEN Centres are convinced that our societies benefit from all voices being heard. Furthermore, we are concerned that...
Nordic PEN centres and Estonian PEN gather in Helsinki
Members from Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish PEN centres are gathering in Helsinki to a network meeting on...
Remember to register for Priceless Words seminar
Priceless Words – The Nordic-Estonian Freedom of Speech Seminar takes place on 9.9. in Helsinki. The registration is available still...
The registration to the seminar Priceless Words begins
Priceless Words – The Nordic-Estonian Freedom of Speech Seminar Estonian PEN and the Nordic PEN centres are gathering in Helsinki...
On World Press Freedom day 2016
Finnish PEN joins Finnish Newspapers Association and 19 other organizations to demand responsible use of words on the International Press...
A statement on Bangladesh by the Nordic and Estonian PEN centres
In support of secular bloggers and freethinkers in Bangladesh – The Nordic and Estonian PEN centres condemn the acts of...
Ahmed Zaidan: A Poet Sings for Life in Midst of Death…
…from the Dark Cellar, He Narrates His Story Umar Abdul-Nasser is an Iraqi poet from the city of Mosul northern...
Thai authorities ban a journalist’s trip to Helsinki
Thai journalist’s ban from joining UNESCOs Press Freedom Day conference in Helsinki violates freedom of expression Finnish organizations promoting freedom...
Nasiba Hilal: A Day in the Life of an Ordinary Woman
She hears successive knocks on the door, and sounds of screams from the stree. She has just finished her prayer,...
The Quebec Declaration on Literary Translation and Translators
1. Literary translation is an art of passion. Promoting values of openness, acting for peace and freedom and against injustice,...
Mojibur Doftori: International Mother Language Day
International Mother Language Day first initiated by UNESCO in 1999, has been observed throughout the world on February 21 every...
Literature without borders 18.3
Seminar examines the Nordic literary field from a multilingual perspective The Nordic countries are becoming more and more multilingual, and...
PEN on the Charlie Hebdo anniversary
On the anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo attack dissenting voices must be protected 7 January 2016 On the anniversary of...
Protection, food, shoes and ABC books
Statement of Finnish PEN, 9.12.2015, on the eve of International Human Rights Day As a member of PEN International, which...
Poet Ashraf Fayadh must be released
Finnish PEN and more than 60 other international organisations have joined a letter in support of poet and artist Ashraf...
Statement of the Polish PEN club
Finnish PEN supports the statement by Polish PEN: Statement of the Polish PEN Club 22 November 2015 Following a series...
TAKE ACTION: Raif Badawi and Waleed Abu al-Khair
Writers’ freedom of expression organization Finnish PEN is deeply concerned of the well-being of Raif Badawi, the saudiarabian blogger and...
PEN on attacks on Paris
Finnish PEN stands by PEN International and French PEN We condemn the attacks on Paris and send our deepest condolences...