Failing to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression in China
On July 8, 2008, one month before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing, PEN American Center, PEN Canada, and the Independent Chinese PEN Center issued a progress report on the state of freedom of expression in China. >> More

Defamation & 'Insult' 2007: Writers React
In 2006, International PEN launched a campaign against criminal defamation and insult laws, laws that are so vague and imprecise that they can become a vehicle for those in power to quell dissent and criticism. >> More

Defamation & 'Insult': Writers React
This report comprises a first step of an initiative launched on International Writers in Prison Day, 2006, which will consist of a variety of actions calling for the abolition of all criminal defamation and "insult" laws. >> More

Antiterrorism, Writers, and Freedom of Expression
Must freedom of expression as a right be held in abeyance in the name of tracking down and apprehending terrorists, or should it be protected as a force for bringing about greater understanding between nations? >> More

Writers in Prison Committee Caselist
The Committee works on behalf of all those who are detained or otherwise persecuted for their opinions expressed in writing and for writers who are under attack for their peaceful political activities or for the practice of their profession. >> More

Silencing the Messenger: The Murder of Writers & Journalists
The yearlong Campaign on Freedom of Expression and Impunity, focusing on unsolved and unpunished crimes aimed at silencing writers and journalists, was launched in 2002 and culminated with the release of this report. >> More

Core Freedoms Campaign Reports
The Campaign for Core Freedoms has compiled a series of reports that examine the most troubling provisions of the USA Patriot Act, as well legislation under consideration to both expand and amend the Act. >> More

Since 2004, PEN's Members have supported PEN's advocacy work by contributing their relevant articles and commentaries to major media outlets.

Ariel Dorfman: Are We Really So Fearful?
It still haunts me, the first time—it was in Chile, in October of 1973—that I met someone who had been tortured. >> More

Akbar Ganji: Money Can't Buy Us Democracy
The battle between freedom and despotism in Iran remains unresolved for deeply internal reasons. It is, I am convinced, a problem with profound historical and cultural roots. >> More

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A list of groups and organizations that also work to address human-rights issues:

American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

American Library Association

Amnesty International

Committee to Protect Journalists

Free Expression Network

Human Rights Watch

Human Rights in China

Index on Censorship

Inter American Press Association

International Federation of Journalists

International Freedom of Expression Exchange

National Coalition Against Censorship

Reporters Sans Frontières

Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy

Women's World

The Writer’s Conscience: Remembering Anna Politkovskaya & Russia’s Forgotten War

Featuring readings from renowned Russian journalist and author Anna Politkovskaya's work and a conversation about the costs of an ongoing but forgotten war. >> More

A Conversation with Lydia Cacho

Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho, who had a year-long struggle with the Mexican courts before being acquitted in January 2007, speaks to an audience of PEN Members about her work, the political climate for journalists, and her struggle with the Mexican justice system. >> More

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