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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,...
Oleg Sentsov on hunger strike – sign Finnish PEN’s online appeal NOW
Ukrainian writer and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been on hunger strike since 14 May 2018 to urge the Russian authorities...
Galal El-Behairy: Statement
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, My friends, it is with great sorrow that I...
Egypt’s grim blow on freedom of expression and human rights: the tortured poet Galal El-Behairy must be freed
A Statement by Finnish PEN 8 May 2018 Updated 14 May 2018: More signatories added. Update on 26 June 2018: Galal...
The 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3rd!
On The World Press Freedom Day May 3rd Venla Hiidensalo, the new President of Finnish PEN, was interviewed by the Finland’s...
PEN calls for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
On World Press Freedom Day 3 May 2018 PEN calls for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and the protection of...
Çiler İlhan: You killed / Öldürdünüz
You Killed You killed my mother. You killed my father: My uncles and my aunts. You killed my grandmother and...
The PEN International Women’s Manifesto
The first and founding principle of the PEN Charter asserts that ‘literature knows no frontiers’. These frontiers were traditionally thought...
Kai Ekholm receives Finnish PEN’s Freedom of Expression Award
Kai Ekholm is Director of the National Library of Finland. He is well known as a researcher on freedom of...
Uladzimir Njakljajeu sentenced for 10 days in prison
Free Uladzimir Njakljajeu Statement by Finnish PEN 3.11.2017 The poet and civil rights activist Uladzimir Njakljajeu (Vladimir Neklyaev) has been...
Nordic PEN centers’ protest letter to President Rouhani
Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish PEN send a letter to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Nov 2nd to protest the...
Finnish PEN’s resolution on blasphemy accepted in Lviv
Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 83rd Congress in Lviv, Ukraine, 18 to...
Turkey: The charges against Finnish-Turkish journalist Ayla Albayrak must be dropped
A statement by Finnish PEN, 18.10.2017 Freedom of expression is under serious assault in Turkey and not even journalists of...
Greetings from Lviv!
The 83rd Congress of PEN International was held in the UNESCO city of literature Lviv, Ukraine, on Sept. 17th–23rd 2017....