PEN Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, the Boon Wurrung and Woi Wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation and recognises that sovereignty of this land was never ceded.
PEN International Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign
November 15, 2023
PEN America and PEN Melbourne call to free Narges Mohammadi before the Nobel Prize ceremony.
November 30, 2023
Assange play “Prisoner at the World’s End” at LaMama
November 11, 2023
McBride Trial Tests Australian Justice
November 13, 2023
OPT/Israel: PEN International condemns the systematic violations of freedom of expression since October 7
November 2, 2023
Worrying Updates on Narges and Nasrin from Iran Action Group
November 2, 2023
Monique Ryan: Assange is a test of US friendship
November 4, 2023
Iran: Nobel Peace winner Narges Mohammadi must be released immediately; plus a letter from her family
October 10, 2023
Women Wage Peace – A Heartfelt Message from the PEN International Women Writers Committee on the Palestinian Israeli Conflict
October 24, 2023
PEN Journal 2023
October 10, 2023
Message from Aunty Pat Anderson AO, Co-Chair Uluru Dialogue
October 29, 2023
Pax Christi letter to the PM calling for “a Prime Minister who stood up for an Australian citizen”, Julian Assange.
October 29, 2023
Award Winning New Documentary THE TRUST FALL: JULIAN ASSANGE
August 30, 2023
China: Release citizen journalist Huang Qi
August 3, 2023
PEN Humanitarian Assange Appeal to British Consulate: Demonstration at Consulate, 12pm Tuesday, 22 August at 90 Collins St
August 21, 2023
Türkiye: Free PEN member Merdan Yanardağ
July 12, 2023
PEN America Condemns Transnational Repression of Chinese Political Cartoonist Badiucao in Poland
June 13, 2023
Ukraine: PEN International mourns the killing of writer and PEN Ukraine member Victoria Amelina
July 6, 2023
FORUM AGAINST AUKUS NUCLEAR SUBMARINES
June 8, 2023
Afghanistan: Poet Haseeb Ahrari is latest victim of the Taliban’s unrelenting crackdown on civil society
June 18, 2023
PEN PROTEST / DAY OF THE DEAD 2022 (ENG Subtitles)
June 15, 2023
Judge orders the Crown Prosecution Service to come clean about the destruction of key documents on Julian Assange
June 2, 2023
Stella Assange at the Press Club and Hyde Park Rally
May 26, 2023
PEN International joins PEN Centres worldwide in call for release of Chinese writer and journalist Dong Yuyu
May 30, 2023
Anything To Say? sculptures for freedom of expression, truth and a free press in Melbourne 7 & 8 March.
March 11, 2023
A report on the UN Commission on the Status of Women
March 13, 2023
Listen to the Feb 13 recording of Behrouz Boochani’s last public appearance in Melbourne in conversation with Arnold Zable
March 11, 2023PEN Network Welcomes Release of Iranian Writers Arash Ganji and Reza Khandan Mahabadi, Calls for Release of Other Members of the Iranian Writers’ Association
February 28, 2023
NICARAGUA: Authorities arbitrarily strip nationality and properties of PEN members, writers, journalists and critics forced into exile
February 21, 2023
PEN Melbourne members support for The Voice
February 21, 2023
Editor, poet, and honorary PEN member Nedim Türfent released from prison
November 30, 2022
The tide is turning for Assange: PEN Update
January 8, 2023
The Belmarsh Tribunal: Video link
December 20, 2022
Philippines: PEN International and PEN Philippines call for urgent enquiry into killing of poet Ericson Acosta
December 3, 2022
Suzan Saka for the Turkish program Pirha News interviews PEN Melbourne committee member Mammad Aidani
November 17, 2022
PEN International and PEN Norway: urgent statement on arrest in Turkey of human rights defender Şebnem Korur Fincancı.
October 31, 2022
Vietnam: Release author, journalist and activist, Pham Doan Trang
October 19, 2022
RESOLUTION ON THE PROSECUTION OF JULIAN ASSANGE AND CERTIFICATION OF HIS EXTRADITION AS THREATS TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION & Oct 8 SOS photos
October 9, 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
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
Together in Literature: 100 Years of PEN International
October 14, 2021
The Hate Speech Toolkit
June 20, 2021
PEN Connections
August 18, 2021Our Supporters
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