Actor & screenwriter #EmmaThompson signed the petition to #FreeNarges Now! In signing, she also sent a message in solidarity to Narges: “I imagine the day when we will meet and share our ideas.”
#NargesMohammadi #FreedomToWrite
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This is not a political account, but we're worried about the rise in book banning. With that in mind, we salute Mae West tonight. 97 years ago today, Mae was sentenced to 10 days jail for writing the play Sex and starring as a sex worker in it. #FreedomToRead #FreedomToWrite
NEW: PEN America’s latest #FreedomToWrite Index finds that at least 339 writers were held behind bars in 33 different countries during 2023. Amid war and ongoing persecution, the number of writers jailed globally reached a 5-year high.
Read: pen.org/report/freedom…
This is a man imprisoned for journalism. Imprisoned for his writing. Imprisoned for defending democracy.
This man is Jimmy Lai.
Hear Elif Shafak Elif Shafak on why we must speak out. Silence only benefits autocrats.
#FreeJimmyLai
#FreedomToWrite
#JournalismIsNotACrime
In PEN America’s #FreedomToWrite index, China remains the top jailer of writers: 107 of the 339 writers imprisoned worldwide are in China. The case of #JimmyLai is highlighted. Other #HongKong journalists are imprisoned & on trial. #AppleDaily #StandNews pen.org/report/freedom….
Actor & screenwriter #EmmaThompson signed the petition to #FreeNarges Now! In signing, she also sent a message in solidarity to Narges: “I imagine the day when we will meet and share our ideas.”
#NargesMohammadi #FreedomToWrite
Jennifer Finney Boylan is the newly elected president of PEN America. Let's join PEN America in defending free expression.
#PENAmerica #JenniferFinneyBoylan #freedomtowrite #freedomtoread #defendfreeexpression #civicartist #steveramoswriter #gooddiscoverys
I took an action on Action Network called Letters to Narges.
#NargesMohammadi , the 2023 PEN/Barbey #FreedomtoWrite honoree and #NobelPeacePrize winner, has shown singular courage in standing against government repression of women, writers, activists, intellectuals, and cultural…
Mohammad Ali Taheri Movement PEN America We honored #NargesMohammadi with the 2023 #FreedomToWrite award at our annual gala in May.
.PEN America : We honored #NargesMohammadi with the 2023 #FreedomToWrite award at our annual gala in May. Her husband, journalist Taghi Rahmani, joined us to accept the award on her behalf. Listen to his remarks and learn about Narges’s writing and human rights activism.
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Lucky to listen in to a rich and moving discussion of books by and about inspirational female journalists & writers Elena Kostyuchenko and Daphne Caruana Galizia at Columbia Global Freedom of Expression event. #CGFoE #FreedomToWrite
The #FreedomToWrite Index 2023 also analyzes trends in the number of writers unjustly jailed since 2019. The global total has steadily increased, as many writers are jailed year after year and new writers are targeted. The number of women jailed has notably risen since 2022.
#Iran :
De Iraanse schrijver, journalist & mensenrechtenactivist #NargesMohammadi wordt geëerd tijdens het PEN America Literary Gala v deze week.
Marges, die momenteel gevangen zit wegens 'het verspreiden van propaganda', ontvangt d PEN #FreedomToWrite Award 2023
#WomanLifeFreedom
Chinese essayist Xu Zhiyong was sentenced this week to 14 years in prison because his writing was deemed “subversive” to the state. We pledge that his voice will not be silenced, nor his name erased. We will fight on his behalf until he is free. #FreedomToWrite PEN America
Support from civil society in London to #FreeJimmyLai .
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreedomToWrite
L-R Tatyana Eatwell Fiona O'Brien Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @Megan_Khoo Sebastien Lai Ross Holder Azzurra Moores Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC Cat Lucas, Matthew Gill Liz Morley Dalia Nasreddin & Bea Idlem. 🙏
I too had to slay monsters of my own making in my novel.
The Home I Left: A story of love, loss, and the unexpected paths that lead us home a.co/d/5TSYWnL
#monsters #FamilyHistory #Drama #workinprogress #FreedomToWrite #change #EVOLUTION #epictale #NewDay #readAwrite
PEN America reports 339 writers were imprisoned in 2023, the most in the 5 years it has been producing its #FreedomToWrite Index.
The number of jailed writers in China surpassed 100 for the first time. China continues to be the biggest jailer of writers.
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