PEN Canada - PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom …
Oct 30, 2024 · The International Press Institute (IPI), Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 26 press freedom, freedom of expression and human rights organizations vehemently condemn the arrest of three Kurdish journalists last …
Who we are - PEN Canada
Oct 30, 2024 · Founded in 1983, PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers and readers. We fight censorship, help free persecuted writers from prison, assist exiled writers who live in Canada, and promote literature. Writers are central to PEN. Around the world, we advocate for writers who are persecuted, imprisoned and tortured for expressing ...
About - PEN Canada
About. PEN Canada…. Helps free writers who are persecuted and, in many countries, imprisoned and tortured simply for expressing themselves. Fights censorship and defends the right to freedom of expression. PEN has intervened in a number of landmark legal cases in the name of journalistic integrity and artistic freedom. Educates Canadian ...
PEN Canada against the targeting and killing of journalists in Gaza …
8 hours ago · It is over a year since Israel began its lethal bombing campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023. As of November 8, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) preliminary investigations have found that at least 137 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon. This makes it by far the deadliest period for journalists ...
Category: News - PEN Canada
Jimmy Lai to receive PEN Canada One Humanity Award. Jimmy Lai, a journalist, writer, media publisher, and pro-democracy activist, has won PEN Canada’s One Humanity Award. Lai, who has been in solitary confinement since December 2020, is currently facing …. News.
Programs - PEN Canada
Oct 30, 2024 · If you would like more information about any of PEN Canada’s programs, please contact Brendan de Caires (Executive Director, PEN Canada) at 416 703 8448 x2224 or by email at bdecaires@pencanada.ca. PEN Canada works on behalf of writers, at home and abroad, who have been forced into silence for writing the truth as they see it.
Mission, Vision, Values - PEN Canada
MISSION. PEN Canada is a nonpartisan organization of writers, and readers, that works with others to defend freedom of expression as a basic human right, at home and abroad. PEN Canada promotes literature, fights censorship, helps free persecuted writers from prison, and assists exiled writers who live in Canada.
Act - PEN Canada
PEN Canada depends on the support and generosity of people like you. By donating, becoming a member, patron, or partner, or volunteering your time, you can become a part of our mission to promote literature across borders, protect the fundamental human right to freedom of expression, and defend writers around the world.
History - PEN Canada
The first PEN centre in Canada was founded in 1926 in Montreal. In 1983, the English-language centre, PEN Canada, moved to Toronto, while the French-speaking Centre quebecois du PEN continues its work in Montreal. The two Canadian PEN centres collaborate on various issues. Since then, PEN Canada has expanded to include journalists, playwrights ...
Annual & Special Reports - PEN Canada
SPECIAL REPORTS. Imposing Silence: The Use of India’s Laws to Suppress Free Speech, a report by PEN Canada, PEN International and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity , a report by PEN Canada, PEN International and the International Human ...