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.
#PoliticalPrisoner Julian Assange is still not free after 1441 days - almost 4 years, in London's notorious Belmarsh Prison.
Assange and his family have suffered enough.
#FreeAssange
...#JournalismIsNotACrime
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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, 2023
On International Mother Language Day, PEN International calls for the release of Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski (Belarus)
February 21, 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
Why Join PEN? (Articles) Jan 2023: The Bottom Drawer by Paul Morgan
January 24, 2023
Philippines: PEN International and PEN Philippines call for urgent enquiry into killing of poet Ericson Acosta
December 3, 2022
Myanmar: Regressive changes to education policy undermine linguistic rights and exacerbate ethnic divisions
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
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
International PEN Melbourne Centre CHINA ACTION – YANG Hengjun
January 24, 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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