Category Archives: Headlines

PEN America Condemns Violent Attack on Speaker at Middlebury College

Posted on 03/04/2017 by | PEN America Condemns Violent Attack on Speaker at Middlebury College已关闭评论

NEW YORK—PEN America condemned a violent attack on author Charles Murray and Middlebury College Professor Allison Stanger that took place on the evening of Thursday, March 2, 2017, when Murray was invited to speak on campus. Continue reading →

PEN America Condemns Violent Attack on Speaker at Middlebury College已关闭评论

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Attack on BBC Crew Reflects Threat to Foreign Journalists in China

Posted on 03/03/2017 by | Attack on BBC Crew Reflects Threat to Foreign Journalists in China已关闭评论

NEW YORK—The assault and coerced confession of a BBC camera crew in rural China, just days before China’s National People’s Congress, is a violation of clearly established rules allowing journalists to travel and report freely in the country and an effort to suppress coverage of sensitive subjects, PEN America said in a statement today. Continue reading →

Attack on BBC Crew Reflects Threat to Foreign Journalists in China已关闭评论

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China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture

Posted on 03/02/2017 by | China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture已关闭评论

By Christian Shepherd | BEIJING

BEIJING Chinese state media said on Thursday that a prominent Chinese rights activist had made up “fake news” of torture to grab international headlines, but his defenders said the accusations were a coordinated attempt to smear his name. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong daily Sing Pao says its journalists and website are under attack

Posted on 02/28/2017 by | Hong Kong daily Sing Pao says its journalists and website are under attack已关闭评论

New York, February 22, 2017–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Hong Kong authorities to investigate the harassment of journalists at the daily Sing Pao. Sing Pao Media Enterprises, which owns the paper, released a statement yesterday saying that staff have been followed and harassed, and that the newspaper’s computer system was attacked. Continue reading →

Hong Kong daily Sing Pao says its journalists and website are under attack已关闭评论

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China: Suspension of Feminist Social Media Another Example of “Zero Tolerance”

Posted on 02/25/2017 by | China: Suspension of Feminist Social Media Another Example of “Zero Tolerance”已关闭评论

NEW YORK—The suspension of a feminist group’s social media accounts underscores China’s “zero tolerance” policy for free speech and human rights, said PEN America in a statement today. Continue reading →

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White House Barring of Major Media Outlets “Does Grave Disservice to the American People”

Posted on 02/24/2017 by | White House Barring of Major Media Outlets “Does Grave Disservice to the American People”已关闭评论

NEW YORK—Responding to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s decision to bar credentialed reporters from the New York Times, CNN, and POLITICO from today’s press briefing, PEN Executive Director Suzanne Nossel released the following statement: Continue reading →

White House Barring of Major Media Outlets “Does Grave Disservice to the American People”已关闭评论

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65 Leading Writers Call on Trump to Halt Visa Ban

Posted on 02/23/2017 by | 65 Leading Writers Call on Trump to Halt Visa Ban已关闭评论

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 →

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2017 PEN America Literary Awards Celebrate Books that Transcend Borders

Posted on 02/22/2017 by | 2017 PEN America Literary Awards Celebrate Books that Transcend Borders已关闭评论

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Arielle Anema, Literary Awards Manager: +1.646.779.4813, [email protected]
Sarah Edkins, Director of Communications: +1.646.779.4830, [email protected]

NEW YORK–PEN America today announced the winners of its 2017 Literary Awards, including playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, whose life and play inspired the Oscar-nominated film Moonlight; novelist, essayist, and critic Aleksandar Hemon for his passion-project oral history of Bosnian migrants and their stories of displacement; British novelist Helen Oyeyemi for her first short story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Riverhead); and sociologist Matthew Desmond for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, a groundbreaking exploration of the devastating effects of rising housing costs on urban communities. Continue reading →

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