NEW: Many universities have ended DEI this year in states without DEI ban laws. Not a coincidence—and just the tip of the iceberg. New PEN America piece from Jeffrey Sachs and me on 'jawboning,' the new, covert way state governments censor universities. pen.org/jawboning-when…

#Serbia : join our urgent action to stop the extradition of filmmaker and journalist Andrej Hniot to #Belarus , where it is highly likely that he will be subjected to arbitrary detention and torture. pen-international.org/news/halt-the-…

NEW: Over the past year, public officials have bullied university leaders in multiple states into shuttering offices and laying off staff they don't like—all without passing any laws. Read Jeffrey Sachs and @JeremyCYoung on this new tactic of 'jawboning': pen.org/jawboning-when…

Detention of Palestinian writers opens new cultural front in Israel’s war with Hamas

Writer and theater manager Mustafa Sheta is one of 17 cultural figures detained by Israel, which is accused of trying to ‘erase the Palestinian narrative’ irishtimes.com/world/middle-e…

Join us online June 25 for the free webinar “Legal Rights & Resources: Covering the 2024 Election,” part of U.S. Election Safety Summer co-hosted by Committee to Protect Journalists, International Women's Media Foundation, and @PENAmerica.

Register now: cpj.org/safetysummer4

#ElectSafely #JournalistSafety #CPJEmergencies

Journalism is a profession with significant occupational hazards, including online abuse and secondary trauma. Check out The Self-Investigation's Mental Health in Journalism Summit, and make sure to submit a proposal by June 23rd theselfinvestigation.com/summit/#propos… #MHJS24

PEN America: India Must Drop the Prosecution of Author Arundhati Roy pen.org/press-release/…

Some thought the BJP’s reduced majority after recent elections would humble it. But it's wrong to assume that Modi has changed, writes saliltripathi (वो बनाये परिवार, हमें पसंद रविवार). The hounding of Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain shows there’s still no room for dissent in India theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Free Narges Coalition Strongly Condemns Additional Sentence for Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi. #FreeNarges pen.org/press-release/…

On #WorldRefugeeDay , PEN International stands with all the writers, authors, poets, academics, journalists, and artists forced to flee their homes, their families, and friends as a result of being persecuted for their work. Everyone has the right to safety. #WithRefugees

On #WorldRefugeeDay , we share an extract of a poem by, Hind Joudah, a Palestinian poet living in #Gaza . ActionforHope shared the poem as part of their series of literary texts written by poets in #Gaza .

We PEN America, as part of the #FreeNarges Coalition Steering Committee, condemn the additional sentence handed down to Nobel Laureate & PEN #FreedomToWrite honoree Narges Mohammadi, and call for justice for the many persecuted + silenced voices in Iran.
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Another win for the freedom to learn: a federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction against parts of Oklahoma HB 1775, an educational gag order that prohibits certain concepts related to race and gender in K-12 and higher education. koco.com/article/oklaho…