Vangittujen kirjailijoiden komitea

Media evening: When journalism becomes a crime

What is it like to be a journalist in Europe’s worst dictatorship? How is propaganda constructed in today’s Belarus –...

/ 17 March 2026
Valko-Venäjä-vetoomuksen tunnuskuva

Belarus: Statement on the systematic confiscation and destruction of manuscripts by prison authorities

In Belarus, prison authorities systematically confiscate and destroy the literary manuscripts and letters of those imprisoned on politically motivated grounds....

/ 4 March 2026
Vangittujen kirjailijoiden päivän kampanjakuva, johon on yhdistetty neljän vangitun kirjailijan kuvat

Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025

Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025: PEN International calls for the release of Mohamed Tadjadit (Algeria), Yalqun Rozi (China), Mzia...

/ 15 November 2025
Kuvat Valko-Venäjällä vapautetuista kirjailijoista punavalkoisella taustalla

Six imprisoned Writers Have Been Released!

Read the PEN Belarus press release.

/ 18 September 2025
Maksim Znak

New honorary member: Maksim Znak

Finnish PEN has elected Maksim Znak as honorary member and together with Nordic PEN centres and the international PEN network...

/ 24 June 2025