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THE CAMPAIGN FOR CORE FREEDOMS

The Campaign for Core Freedoms works to: protect the personal privacy necessary for the free exploration of information and ideas; protect public access to both governmental information and a full range of voices from the United States and around the world; and promote U.S. policies that reflect a core commitment to individual rights, preserve these rights at home, and expand them internationally.

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CORE FREEDOMS NEWS

July 10, 2008:
PEN Goes to Court to Challenge New Surveillance Law >> More

March 31, 2008:
British Author Sebastian Horsley Refused Entry to United States >> More

February 6, 2008:
PEN Applauds New Law Expanding Iraqi Refugee Processing >> More

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CORE FREEDOMS MULTIMEDIA

PEN Conversation: George Packer & Ahmed Ali

PEN Board Member and author George Packer speaks with Iraqi translator Ahmed Ali about the Iraqi refugee crisis. >> More

PEN Conversation: Philip Gourevitch & James Risen

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Risen speaks with PEN Board Member and Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch about the importance of a free press, the greatest strategic failure in American history, and breaking the NSA spy story. >> More

Jailing the Messenger

Journalists explore the question of how to balance the great importance of nurturing a vigorous free press and enxure public access to information against competing values such as the rights of criminal defendants, privacy rights, and national security. >> More

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RESOURCES FOR ACTIVISTS

Want to learn more and get involved? Check out our Campaign action alerts, PEN Reports, PEN Members Speak Out, and links to our partner organizations.

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CORE FREEDOMS PRESS

Horsley, U.K.'s Incorrigible Memoirist, Finds Advocates at PEN
Bloomberg

PEN Rallies Behind Ousted Author
The New York Times

Promoting Democracy While Supressing Ideas
The San Francisco Chronicle

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CORE FREEDOMS EVENTS

Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveilance State

Prominent international and local writers and artists gather for a special reading to provoke reflection on controversial post-9/11 government surveillance programs in the United States. >> More

Dirty Wars

Leading writers from countries where justice has been disfigured in the name of national security join luminaries from the United States for a night of readings to end torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary rendition. >> More

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