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Women’s Manifesto

The Women’s Manifesto has been written in accordance with the ideals of the PEN Charter that calls for one humanity...

/ 28 September 2017

TAKE ACTION: Oleg Sentsov

The appeal has been updated 15 Nov, 8 Aug & 19 May 2018. The original was published 7 August 2017....

/ 7 August 2017

Jamshid Barzgar: Border Guard’s Question

Border Guard’s Question Jamshid Barzgar   What is the name of that bird? The one resembling a song on a...

/ 12 April 2017

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...

/ 16 March 2017

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,...

/ 4 January 2017

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...

/ 13 September 2016

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...

/ 5 September 2016

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...

/ 27 August 2016

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...

/ 17 June 2016

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...

/ 3 May 2016

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...

/ 27 April 2016

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...

/ 27 April 2016

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...

/ 1 April 2016

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,...

/ 15 March 2016

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,...

/ 24 February 2016

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...

/ 24 February 2016

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...

/ 11 January 2016
PEN on the Charlie Hebdo anniversary

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...

/ 7 January 2016
Protection, food, shoes and ABC books

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...

/ 9 December 2015
Poet Ashraf Fayadh must be released

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...

/ 2 December 2015