Condemnation of Yang Henjung's suspended death sentence goes global. More than 40 PEN Centres have signed this PEN International statement. pen-international.org/news/china-wri…

Join author and activist Behrouz Boochani and Ben Doherty from Guardian Australia in a wide-ranging conversation for #DayOfTheImprisonedWriter . Presented in partnership with PEN Sydney

📅 Saturday 18 November at 6 pm
🎟️ Tickets from $10

🔗 Book here: ow.ly/XIUc50Q5JXm

Join us this Wed night for a great conversation about freedom of speech in the Russia Ukraine war. pen.org.au/event/words-in…

We stand today with the Baha'i community as they mark the 40th anniversary of the execution of 10 Bahai women for practising their faith peacefully.
#Bahai women #OurStoryIsOne

#Afghanistan : We call for the immediate and unconditional release of girls' education advocate, Matiullah Wesa مطيع الله ويسا, and for the Taliban to end its crackdown on the rights of women and girls. Our statement ⬇️
pen-international.org/news/afghanist…

#Türkiye : we condemn the decision to ban and confiscate a book by Yavuz Ekinci. The authorities must urgently overturn their latest book bans and end their baseless campaign against reading materials: pen-international.org/news/turkiye-w…
Yavuz Ekinci

Iranian journalist Kasra Nouri was released. A member of the Iranian Writers Association he was serving a 12 year sentence after his arrest at protests with the Dervish community. PEN Sydney and many others worked hard for this moment. #IranRevolution

Honoured to co-sponsor this virtual reading to help earthquake relief efforts in #Türkiye and #Syria . Hosted by Merve Emre, featuring Laila Lalami, Orhan Pamuk, Elif Shafak, Sema Kaygusuz, nick glastonbury, and more. Organized by WordsWithoutBorders. March 9. eventbrite.com/e/words-for-re…

Imprisoned Egyptian poet & lyricist Galal El-Behairy has announced a hunger strike to protest his ongoing detention.

Please join the call to #FreeGalal & send a message of solidarity and hope through our letter-writing campaign #PENWrites .
englishpen.org/pen-writes/pen…

Yet another dark day for freedom of expression in #Belarus . We call for their immediate and unconditional release, and for their sentencing and conviction to be overturned #FreeViasna #StandWithBelarus

ANNOUNCING: The Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia. On 4 March 2023, join Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW, Yanis Varoufakis, 💧Mary Kostakidis, Bob Carr, Bridget Archer MP, Jen Robinson, and many others to call for Julian Assange's release. Sign up today:
act.progressive.international/belmarsh-tribu…

Wonderful gesture of solidarity from Behrouz Boochani with #Iran ian #Bahai #writer & #poet #Mahvash_Sabet who has unjustly been sentenced to another 10 years of imprisonment after spending a decade of her life behind bars already #FreeMahvash PEN International PEN America PEN Sydney #Iran

Sydney Writers Festival are looking for volunteers, sign up by 5 Feb. swf.org.au/support-us/vol…

Come and hear Behrooz Boochani speaking in his mother tongue, Kurdish, with an interpreter. Sat 28 Jan in Blacktown. Tix are free. eventbrite.com.au/e/freedom-only…

This tuesday 10am Sydney time Iranian women poets in a live online event - register at bit.ly/3ZBexVT

PEN America and @PENSydney Join More than 170 Writers Calling for the Release of Iranian Poet Ali Asadollahi and Other Writers Imprisoned in #Iran
pen.org/press-release/…

We call on the Iranian authorities to immediately release poet Mahvash Sabet. pen.org.au/blogs/news/awa…

Stand with Afghanistan & share a delicious Afghan meal with us on 9 December in Merrylands. We'll be joined by Afghan poets, writers & journalists including Zaheda Ghani, author of 'Pomegranate & Fig'. Funds will be raised for PEN Afghanistan via PEN International events.humanitix.com/fundraising-di…

Stand with Afghanistan & share a delicious Afghan meal with us on 9 December in Merrylands. We'll be joined by Afghan poets, writers & journalists including Zaheda Ghani, author of 'Pomegranate & Fig'. Funds will be raised for PEN Afghanistan via PEN International events.humanitix.com/fundraising-di…

We are pleased that #Myanmar writer, Maung Thar Cho, is among those included for release as part of the military junta's prisoner amnesty: frontiermyanmar.net/en/political-p…