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PEN Melbourne members are united in a common concern: promoting literature and freedom of expression.
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We join IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media and partners in calling on European Commission and European Parliament to strengthen their commitment to protecting freedom of expression in their relations with #Türkiye: pen-international.org/news/trkiye-th…







This week the Human Rights Law Centre has published our guide for climate and environmental whistleblowing. We are at a critical moment in history, and we need truth and transparency for the planet more than ever. The guide can be downloaded here: hrlc.org.au/reports-news-c…



Lawmakers from across the globe are united: it’s time to #FreeJimmyLai. Jimmy Lai is 76 & a British national. He’s been in prison since 2020. For being a journalist. For standing up for democratic values. Thank you Jan Paternotte 🇳🇱 for your support.



We welcome news that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva and The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich will be released under a prisoner exchange deal. We continue to urge #Russia to free all unjustly detained writers and artists: rferl.org/a/russia-priso…

“We have been campaigning for Evan’s release and also Alsu Kurmasheva…for more than a year and it will be amazing to see them hopefully both step off a plane, be in the arms of their families, finally, and be free," CPJ CEO Jodie Ginsberg told the BBC this morning. Jailing


CPJ welcomes the release of The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty editor Alsu Kurmasheva, and we continue to push for the release of: ➡️José Rubén Zamora ➡️Jimmy Lai ➡️Frenchie Mae Cumpio And so many others. #JournalismIsNotACrime




Book for PEN Melbourne on Disinformation. The spread of disinformation is a direct concern of PEN. Hear and talk to people who know and understand this destructive weapon posing a threat to people’s political, social and personal freedoms across the globe. penmelbourne.org/a-forum-examin…
