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David McBride – I served my country. I did my job. Now they want to jail me for it.
September 25, 2022
PEN International 88th Congress: A Message of Solidarity with the Women and People of Iran
October 3, 2022
SOS Stand Up For Assange, Oct 8, Human Chain
September 26, 2022
Wai Moe Naing on trial
October 3, 2022
Sami Shah on Blasphemy on International Blasphemy day.
September 30, 2022
International Hrant Dink Award Ceremony 2022
September 26, 2022
UN PEACE DAY RALLY: protecting peacemakers like Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.
September 21, 2022
Fears for the life of Iranian writer Arash Ganji
September 20, 2022
PEN Melbourne joins voices around the world who defend freedom of expression in condemning the attack on author Salman Rushdie.
August 20, 2022
MWF in partnership with PEN : Writing Wrongs
September 14, 2022
Converge On Canberra Rally Speeches
August 2, 2022
Turkey Update: verdict expected in trial of Kurdish PEN member and writer Meral Şimşek
September 21, 2022
A Letter From Stella Assange
June 28, 2022
An evening of solidarity with writers in prison in Iran
June 24, 2022
AALITRA/PEN Translation Awards 2022 – ARABIC to ENGLISH
March 23, 2022World Poetry Day, 21 March 2022
March 21, 2022
Before Silence: Afghan Artists in Exile
February 12, 2022
Turkey: First Presidential Decree of the Year – a warning shot at Freedom of Expression
February 1, 2022
This poem is dedicated to Bakhtash Abtin, a political prisoner, poet, documentary and filmmaker who died in custody on the 8th of January 2022.
January 17, 2022
Iran: Activist Narges Mohammadi sentenced after 5 minute trial
January 25, 2022
International PEN Melbourne Centre CHINA ACTION – YANG Hengjun
January 24, 2022
Together in Literature: 100 Years of PEN International
October 14, 2021
“… in my imagination, I am eyeball to eyeball with each of you…” – Nedim’s letter to PEN Melbourne
December 3, 2021
100 years of PEN International: A series of podcasts with Arnold Zable, produced by ABC Radio National
September 12, 2021
Abtin, Jailed for Dissent, is Second Political Prisoner to Die in Iran in First Week of 2022
January 15, 2022
Monitoring of violations of cultural and human rights against cultural workers in Belarus. January-September 2021
October 21, 2021
Afghanistan: ASRC Petition and WISA Fundraiser
August 20, 2021
Myanmar
June 2, 2021
The Hate Speech Toolkit
June 20, 2021
Why Join PEN? (Articles)
March 3, 2022
Assange Verdict, ‘Severe Blow to Press Freedom’: Chomsky
February 18, 2021
PEN Connections
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