⛓️✒️ 15 November is #InternationalDayOfTheImprisonedWriter.
Organised by #PENInternational , the day exists to recognize and support writers who resist the repression of basic #humanrights, such as the right of #freedomofexpression.
www.pen-international.org
@peninternational.bsky.social 90th Congress in Krakow, Poland celebrated Polish Pen’s centenary with 200 participants from 80 countries. “Freedom of Words, Words of the Free” discussed freedom of expression in a world in conflict. #freedomofwords #peninternational #krakow #freedomofexpression
🚨 New on The Madrid Review blog: PEN International’s urgent appeal, From Persecution to Protection, highlights the growing risks writers face worldwide — and what’s being done to help. 🖋️🌍 #WritersAtRisk #PENInternational
@peninternational.bsky.social #writing themadridreview.com/f/pen-intern...
🔗 To read the full article, follow the link below:
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#jimmylai #reporterswithoutborders #penmelbourne #peninternational
📢 We stand with PEN International and support their latest joint statement with the Montenegrin PEN Centre, where both centres have urged the Montenegro authorities to uphold academic freedom 📢
#peninternational #penmontenegro #academicfreedom
📍 Read the full piece at tomorrowclub.world
✍️ Words that should never have to be written — but must be.
#VoicesFromGaza #HassanAbuQamar #TheTomorrowClub #PENInternational #FreedomToWrite #WritingUnderOccupation #GazaUnderSiege #EmptyChair #YouthVoices #freepalesti̇ne
📍Read the full piece on tomorrowclub.world
#PENInternational #TheTomorrowClub #WamoNunyali #SpotlightAfrica #YouthVoices #FreedomToWrite #AfricanLiterature #HappyThirsts #WritingAsResistance
🎧 Her episode of our podcast series Brave Young Voices of Today and Tomorrow is available now on Spotify—tune in to hear her story and words in her own voice.
#GirlsLikeUs #WonganiNyasulu #PENInternational #YoungVoicesFromAfrica #FreedomToWrite #AfricanPoetry #GenderJustice
Read the full text at tomorrowclub.world
#TheTomorrowClub #PENInternational #HaitiVoices #CreativeResistance #StillStanding #youngvoicesfromafrica
🎧 Her episode of our podcast series Brave Young Voices of Today and Tomorrow is available now on Spotify—tune in to hear her story and words in her own voice.
#GirlsLikeUs #PENInternational #YoungVoicesFromAfrica #FreedomToWrite #AfricanPoetry #GenderJustice #storytelling #thetomorrowclub
#belfast #jaili #peninternational
#confessions of a #rebel 2025
#uk #ireland #scotland #wales #england #europe
May 17 people on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library holding words that the rump administration seeks to ban.
Jerry Goralnick May 17
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We gathered this morning on the steps of the #BrooklynPublicLibrary holding #words that the federal administration seeks to ban. #PENInternational has complied this list: pen.org/banned-words...
#Library #BannedWords
#CPJ #CommitteetoProtectJournalists #InternationalFederationofJournalists #IFJ #InternationalPressInstitute #IPI #UNESCO #PENInternational #AmnestyInternational #HumanRightsWatch
The #YOUTH #BOARD OF #PENINTERNATIONAL is now #official
To #engage with #young #people get Their #stories and #inspire #creative #writers for our #future
I am extremely #proud to represent #Wales
Thank you @peninternational.bsky.social for this opportunity
#freedom #justice #speech #peace
#CREATE #POEMS #INSPIRED BY #GREAT #MOMENTS IN #TV AND #FILM WITH THIS #WORKSHOP
LOCATION
#SWANSEA #MAY 28TH 2PM
#CINEMACO
#PEN #PENINTERNATIONAL
#POETRY #MOVIE #WORDS #WRITE #ACTOR #POET #WALES #UK #EUROPE #WORLD
DEE gives speech at the RED LINE PROTEST CARMARTHEN #WALES #UK #EUROPE #PALESTINE #GAZA #PENINTERNATIONAL #PROTEST #BLUESKY #WORLD #EVENT #POLITICS
#red #line #protest today in #carmarthen #wales
Great #success Overwhelmed by the #number that showed up. A true #example that: "The #power of the #people is stronger than the people in power "2025 #april 6 #sunday #palestine #gaza #uk #ceasefire #peninternational
#trump #starmer #labour #democrat
Will be running a poetry workshop in Swansea. may 28th. Get in touch if you would like to book a space. Limited places.
#workshop #teach #poetry #wales #uk #pen #peninternational #work #write #film #tv #movie #acting #life #inspiration
"come on #people ! Come out into these #streets and show these #run of the #mill #common #petty #politicians that the #cost of #living right now is not #comfortable !!"
#class #peace #now #freedom #peninternational #pen @peninternational.bsky.social
Wee #poem by #myself in #belfast on busy road
"The world is Ours "
Short poem about the state of the UK...
#poetry #poem #uk #costofliving #peninternational
#jai #europe #world #live #now #happening #times #rise #up #work #no #play
JAI LI - WHO AM I? WHAT IS MY ROLE WITHIN #PEN ?
MY INSTAGRAM @ FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN MY OTHER WORK - @J.LI_THEACTOR
#PENINTERNATIONAL #POETRY #EVENTS #CAREER #FREEDOM #SPEECH #RIGHTS #HUMANITY #YOUNG #PEOPLE #YOUNGADULTS #ME
PERFORMING AT CARMARTHEN 4 PALESTINE FUNDRAISING EVENT CWRW BAR
#gaza #palestine #westbank #poet #STAGE #actor #mic #charity #writer #wales #pen #peninternational #youngpen
The power of the people is stronger than the people in power!
Filmed in #amsterdam
#people #power #action #protest #freedom #speech #peninternational #pen #penwales #twenty #twentyfive #now #war #peace #love
My name is jai li and i am a part of Young Pen Wales.
I am a poet, writer and Actor.
I aim to post my work here and try to highlight other artists and events in my area.
#bluesky
#pen #peninternational #penwales #poetry #writing #acting #poet #poem #stage #movie #extra #show #play #theatre
Page 1 of a PEN Canada letter to Montréal mayor Valérie Plante and SPVM Police Chief Fady Dagher regarding speech crime charges the SPVM and The Crown aka DPCP brought against Yves Engler - February 25, 2025 Mr. Fady Dagher, Montreal Police Chief Mme. Valérie Plante, Mayor of Montreal Sent via email Dear Police Chief Dagher and Mme. Mayor Plante — PEN Canada was founded in 1983. We are a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers. One of our central roles is to defend the right to freedom of expression. We raise our voices against domestic and international violations of freedom of expression. Today, we write to raise PEN’s voice about the arrest of author and journalist, Mr. Yves Engler. It is our understanding that Mr. Engler has been arrested and was detained for his pro-Palestinian writing. It is not clear to us whether Mr. Engler has been charged or what charges he is facing. But if it is true that he has indeed been arrested and detained and is either facing charges or has already been charged, the actions taken by the Montreal Police raise serious questions about impartiality and respect for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes no position on the substance of Mr. Engler’s comments, only on his right to make them. Mr. Engler has been an outspoken critic of Israel and the actions that state has taken against Palestinians in Gaza. In so doing he is acting well within his rights of freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes the position that it is not a crime to take a pro-Palestinian stance in public. It is not a crime to object to those who support Israel’s actions or to describe them as fascists. It is not a crime to criticize or condemn the state of Israel. It is not a crime to write that Israel’s actions in Gaza are genocide. To object, in print, to others who support Israel’s actions is not a threat to any individual or to the police.
Page 2 of a PEN Canada letter to Montréal mayor Valérie Plante and SPVM Police Chief Fady Dagher regarding speech crime charges the SPVM and The Crown aka DPCP brought against Yves Engler - Today, we write to raise PEN’s voice about the arrest of author and journalist, Mr. Yves Engler. It is our understanding that Mr. Engler has been arrested and was detained for his pro-Palestinian writing. It is not clear to us whether Mr. Engler has been charged or what charges he is facing. But if it is true that he has indeed been arrested and detained and is either facing charges or has already been charged, the actions taken by the Montreal Police raise serious questions about impartiality and respect for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression. PEN Canada takes no position on the substance of Mr. Engler’s comments, only on his right to make them. To object, in print, to others who support Israel’s actions is not a threat to any individual or to the police. It is not harassment to object to actions taken by the Montreal police or to write about them. It is not a crime to ask other citizens of Canada to object to actions taken by the Montreal police. Every citizen of Canada is entitled to write their opinions and to speak out in public. Freedom of expression is a fundamental right, whether one agrees with the content of such statements, or whether one disagrees with the content. If the Montreal police are arresting and charging journalists and writers for speaking out against Israel or taking a pro-Palestinian stance, such actions will have a chilling effect on all writers and journalists. Such actions undermine the freedom of expression which is a fundamental right of Canadians and is protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. PEN Canada raises its voice to support all writers and journalists exercising their right to freedom of expression, including Mr. Engler. Respectfully, Brendan de Caires Executive Director, PEN Canada
Thank-you #PENinternational for supporting and endorsing PEN Canada's letter to #Montréal mayor #ValériePlante and SPVM police chief Fady Dagher expressing PEN's concerns about the #SpeechCrime charges the #SPVM and #DPCP brought against Yves Engler last week.
#FreeYvesEngler #MySPVM #FTRW #FTRW25
Vabim k poslušanju.
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#literarniportret #irinastarovojt #PENinternational
@margaretatwood.bsky.social wrote a letter to imprisoned #JimmyLai via #PENInternational for Day of the Imprisoned Writer (15 Nov). Read it and other letters to imprisoned writers! www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...
Im Gespräch mit dem Kulturradio des #WDR zum #TheDayoftheImprisonedWriter erzähle ich jetzt ein wenig konkreter zur Arbeit des @penberlin.bsky.social
#PENinternational #TagdesinhaftiertenSchriftstellers
⛓️✒️ 15 November is #InternationalDayOfTheImprisonedWriter.
Organised by #PENInternational, the day exists to recognize and support writers who resist the repression of basic #humanrights, such as the right of #freedomofexpression.
www.pen-international.org
With thanks to Prof Diana Ferrus for this little olive branch. A tiny piece of graceful absolution with such an impact - in our country; in our times - it leaves me speechless.
English Subtitles. #PENInternational
