March 6, 2017
To our colleagues in the United States of America,
At this time of an unprecedented, relentless assault on the free press of the United States by the Trump administration, we Mexican journalists, writers, and publishers stand in solidarity with you as you do your crucial work. Continue reading
Mexican Journalists Stand in Solidarity with US journalists已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, PEN International News, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Mexican, Trump, US
It’s now clear that one of Donald Trump’s top priorities as president is to discredit, harass, and intimidate his critics, or anyone who exposes how his administration is working. Continue reading
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno: Trump’s Crusade Against Critics已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
Tagged Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Media, Trump
NEW YORK—Sixty of the most prominent names in literature have sent a joint letter with PEN America to President Donald Trump today, urging him not to impose a new immigration ban that would affect the ability of artists, writers, and thinkers to travel to the United States. Continue reading
65 Leading Writers Call on Trump to Halt Visa Ban已关闭评论
Tagged American PEN, Trump, Visa Ban
New York, February 1, 2017–Customs and Border Protection officers should respect the rights of journalists to protect confidential information when subjecting international reporters to screening on their arrival to the U.S., the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Continue reading
BBC journalist questioned by US border agents, devices searched已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Ali Hamedani, BBC, censorship, CPJ, Trump
A young girl dances with an American flag while women pray behind her during a protest against the temporary travel ban, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Credit: REUTERS/Laura Buckman
On Monday, Tehran-born poet Kaveh Akbar began tweeting out poetry written by poets from the seven countries — Iran, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, and Syria — impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order that temporarily bans immigrants from those countries. Continue reading
Read poems from the 7 countries affected by Trump’s immigration ban已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, literature
Tagged immigration ban, Poems, Trump, US
January 27, 2017
Trump Administration’s Threat to Impose Ideological Test for Immigrants Evokes Dark Chapter in U.S. History, says PEN America已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News
Tagged executive order, immigrants, McCarthy Era, PEN America, Trump, US
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Lackawanna College Student Union in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 2016. AFP
China on Monday said it has lodged a diplomatic protest in Washington after United States president-elect Donald Trump took a phone call from the president of Taiwan, an island claimed but never ruled by its ruling Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading
China Protests Trump’s Taiwan Presidential Phone Call, Media Issues Warnings已关闭评论
Tagged phone call, Taiwan, Trump, Tsai Ing-wen
