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War, Censorship, and Persecution: PEN International Case List 2023/2024
PEN International launches its Case List 2023/2024, highlighting challenges for writers in global conflicts and emphasising the need to safeguard freedom of expression, especially in war-torn regions.
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We believe in everyone’s freedom to write and read, wherever they are in the world. Founded in 1921, today PEN International is recognised as the world’s foremost association of writers, as well as a leading international charity and expert on freedom of expression.
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PEN International:
An Illustrated History (Hardback)
Since our founding in 1921, we have campaigned on behalf of writers including Federico García Lorca, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, and Svetlana Alexievich.
Told in letters, photographs and maps, this is the extraordinary story of PEN’s role in the struggle against repression, celebrating literature and defending free speech.