British journalist Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury were reporting from south-eastern Turkey along with two VICE News colleagues when they were detained last Thursday. The reporting team had previously covered a story about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and...
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ZP Dala, a debut novelist and PEN South Africa member, was subjected to a severe physical assault and harassment after she expressed admiration for the work of Salman Rushdie amongst others. Instead of celebrating the launch of her first novel...
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Eritrea’s forgotten journalists, still jailed after 14 years The country is ranked worst in the world for press freedom, its writers locked in secret jails. Here, PEN Eritrea profiles the men who fought for a free press, and paid the...
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London, 7 August 2015 The murder today of Bangladeshi blogger Niloy Chakrabarti is a harrowing reminder of the need for strengthened protection mechanisms for writers in a country that is witnessing an ever-deepening pattern of violence, PEN International said today....
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International press freedom organizations call on Burundi authorities to investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders 5 August 2015 The undersigned press freedom, media development and human rights organizations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media...
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