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PATRIOT ACT REAUTHORIZATION BLOCKED
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December 22, 2005: Writers, booksellers, librarians, and other defenders of reader privacy won the biggest battle yet in the fight to restore privacy protections to bookstore and library records that were eliminated by the USA PATRIOT Act, thanks to the hard work of PEN Core Freedoms supporters!  |
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STATE OF EMERGENCY
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In PEN's second State of Emergency, a special evening of readings in opposition to current United States policies on the treatment of detainees in this country and abroad, writers came together to read and bring national attention to abusive government policies including torture, arbitrary detention, and extraordinary rendition. Audio clips are now available. |
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PEN GOES TO COURT
FOR DOCUMENTS ON VISA DENIALS
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November 9, 2005: PEN American
Center joined the American Civil Liberties Union and the American
Association of University Professors today in filing a lawsuit to
compel the Departments of State, Justice, and Homeland Security and the
CIA to release documents that will shed light on whether the United
States is barring prominent international figures from visiting the
United States because of their political views. |
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RAPID ACTION NETWORK
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The Rapid Action Network (RAN) was founded by the Writers in Prison
Committee of International PEN in 1991 to alert members of PEN to
disturbing developments affecting the welfare of writers and
journalists around the globe, and to encourage them to respond
instantly by writing an appeal and passing the information on to their
contacts. Click here to learn more. |
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