As #DayoftheImprisonedWriter comes to a close, thank you to all who stood in solidarity with imprisoned writers worldwide. Our collective voices challenge censorship and repression, today on #HumanRightsDay, and every day.
#MohamedTadjadit #YalqunRozi #RoryBranker #MziaAmaglobeli
Thank you to everyone who joined our global call for justice and freedom for imprisoned writers for the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. Your words and actions remind us that freedom of expression belongs to us all. #HumanRightsDay
#MohamedTadjadit #YalqunRozi #RoryBranker #MziaAmaglobeli
✍️ As part of @peninternational.bsky.social's #DayOfTheImprisonedWriter, PEN Sydney sent letters of support to imprisoned Australian writer Dr Yang Hengjun.
✊ Please help PEN Sydney raise awareness as this years Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign comes to a close.
#FreeDrYang #auspol #writers
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Tomorrow, on #HumanRightsDay, our campaign comes to a close but our actions and words will continue. Over the past weeks, we’ve stood together for four imprisoned writers, raising our voices for freedom and justice.
Until every voice is free, none of us are truly free.
Georgia is jailing journalists for doing their job. Join the discussion on #MziaAmaglobeli’s imprisonment, the wave of arrests since 2024 & how to defend media freedom. Organised by @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social in partnership with us. www.mfrr.eu/jailed-for-d...
#FreeMzia #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
SIGN OUR PETITION: #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in Xinjiang for celebrating the Uyghur language and heritage. On this #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we call for his release and an end to the crackdown on Uyghur voices. Be a voice for his freedom.
✍️ 🇦🇺 Australian writer Murray Hunter is facing criminal charges for criticising the Malaysian government in a series of Substack articles published in April 2024.
✉️ 🔗 Read our joint letter in support of Mr Hunter via the link in our bio.
#Dayoftheimprisonedwriter #auspol #freemurrayhunter
Red PEN International campaign graphic featuring a black-and-white portrait of novelist Lauren Groff on the left. On the right, white text quotes her calling for the immediate release of imprisoned Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit and an end to harassment by Algeria’s courts, and expressing her wish to thank him for standing up for the rights of all. The PEN International logo appears in the top left, with the text “Lauren Groff writes to Mohamed Tadjadit” at the top right and the hashtag #DayoftheImprisonedWriter at the bottom.
As we reach the final days of the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we share a message from novelist Lauren Groff to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. We invite you to join Lauren in writing your own letter.
💌 Read Lauren’s full letter:
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Two PEN Centre members write together at a tall round table during the PEN International Congress in Kraków. One woman wears a dark jacket and striped skirt, and the other wears a patterned dress and a navy headscarf. Both have event badges. Pens, pamphlets, and a small vase with flowers sit on the table, with other attendees and displays visible in the background.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter, we honour #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli.
Messages of hope may seem small, but for writers unjustly imprisoned, they are a lifeline. Stand with them 📢 www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
📢 #DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Stand with #MziaAmaglobeli! She’s jailed for doing her job.
✍️ Speak out now — write send a message of solidarity to show her she is not alone and support her fight for justice!
www.pen-international.org/mzia-amaglob...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Stand with #MziaAmaglobeli ✍️
She’s jailed for doing her job. Send a message of solidarity, write to the authorities and share her story online to show her she is not alone and to support her fight for justice! 📣
Take action: www.pen-international.org/mzia-amaglob...
Every message counts to writers in prison. Sometimes, a short message of solidarity might feel like the only light in a very dark tunnel.
Please join @peninternational.bsky.social in sending Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi a message: www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
#dayoftheimprisonedwriter
📢 For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, Lauren Groff has written a letter of hope to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit.
Join us in sending Mohamed your own message of solidarity.
💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
This month’s reading list is themed “From Behind Bars” in for our #DayoftheImprisonedWriter campaign. These works, born from experiences behind bars remind us that the human voice endures even when freedom is taken away.
Take action for those behind bars: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
@maazamengiste.bsky.social writes to imprisoned writer #RoryBranker: “There are more people than you realise who stand with you in your fight for freedom.”
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, add your voice.
💌 Write your own message: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter: Writer and literary critic #YalqunRozi is serving a 15-year sentence in China for his work promoting Uyghur literature. @peninternational.bsky.social calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
Take action for Yalqun today: pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-doiw
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: For simply doing her job as a journalist, #MziaAmaglobeli is serving a two-year prison sentence in Georgia on politically motivated grounds.
www.pen-international.org/mzia-amaglob...
Send her a message and remind her that her words matter. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi, imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2016 for his cultural and literary work. Write to him, every message helps writers know they’re not forgotten. www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-... #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
For #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, Lauren Groff has written a letter of hope to imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. Join us in sending Mohamed your own message of solidarity.
💌 Read Lauren’s letter and take action here: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
✉️ WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi, imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2016 for his cultural and literary work. Write to him, every message helps writers know they’re not forgotten.
www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Venezuelan journalist #RoryBranker, who has been arbitrarily detained after being forcibly disappeared for over 200 days. Write your message today. www.pen-international.org/rory-branker... #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
SIGN OUR PETITION: Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for
expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the
Uyghur language. You can set him free. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with imprisoned Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit. He’s faced years of harassment, arrest, and imprisonment for his poetry and activism. Write your message now: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
✒️ PEN Sydney would like to thank all those who attended Sunday’s illuminating conversation between Benjamin Law and Cheng Lei, marking 2025’s #DayoftheImprisonedWriter.
We would also like to thank Gleebooks for hosting and making the event possible.
TAKE ACTION: His words kept Uyghur culture alive — now he’s silenced for them. Stand with #YalqunRozi this #DayoftheImprisonedWriter. Sign our petition to set him free:
‼️🇦🇺 Australian writer Murray Hunter was indicted by a Thai court on the 17th of November on four counts of criminal defamation.
Hunter reported on Malaysian officials blocking websites critical of the government.
www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter #auspol
TAKE ACTION: Venezuelan journalist #RoryBranker has been arbitrarily detained— silenced for seeking truth. His voice must be heard again. This #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, join us in calling for his immediate release. Sign our petition:
A writer-in-residence at Baruch College and author of STILL CITY, poet Oksana Maksymchuk talked to PEN America about how poetry challenges power in ways it finds dangerous—and how to support writers jailed for their free expression. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Learn more at: pen.org/freedom-forb...
TAKE ACTION: Venezuelan journalist #RoryBranker has been arbitrarily detained— silenced for
seeking truth. His voice must be heard again.
This #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, join us in calling for
his immediate release.
Sign our petition: www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...
