On the occasion of Youth Day 2019 (16 June), PEN SA has taken the opportunity to engage two student leaders from the University of Cape Town on what it means to be a young person in 2019, and the contemporary...
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PEN International has released its 2018 Case List, which details the global threats to freedom of expression documented over the last calendar year, including attacks, harassment, imprisonment and murders of writers and journalists. In his introduction to the 2018 Case...
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As South Africans prepare to participate in the relatively young constitutional democracy’s sixth general elections on the 8th of May 2019, there is much reason for gratitude and celebration. South Africa is a country in which freedom is constitutionally enshrined...
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Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, World Press Freedom Day is commemorated annually on the 3rd of May, to highlight the fundamental principles of press freedom. World Press Freedom Day enjoins us to evaluate the extent of press...
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PEN SA recently attended a panel discussion on the Prevention and Combatting of Hate Crimes and Hate Speech Bill, which was co-hosted by the UCT Student Representative Council (SRC) and the South African Liaison Office (SALO) and featured as the...
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