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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 1d

#Georgia: We condemn the sentencing of former PEN Georgia president Paata Shamugia to 5 days in prison for taking part in peaceful protests and urge the authorities to uphold fundamental rights.

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პოეტ პაატა შამუგიას 5-დღიანი ადმინისტრაციული პატიმრობა შეეფარდა

თბილისის საქალაქო სასამართლომ პოეტი, პაატა შამუგია ადმინისტრაციულ სამართალდამრღვევად ცნო.

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 1d

#Georgia: We urge the immediate release of acclaimed poet and former president of PEN Georgia Paata Shamugia, who faces up to 15 days in prison for taking part in peaceful protests.

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Police arrest poet Paata Shamugia

Police have arrested Georgian poet Paata Shamugia during last night’s protest in Tbilisi. Reportedly, criminal police officers detained him near

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 1d

#Türkiye: We urge authorities to release PEN member Merdan Yanardağ, held on ludicrous espionage charges, and to halt their pervasive assault on press freedom.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

Read our statement ⬇️

www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...

Türkiye: PEN member Merdan Yanardağ held on espionage charges — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

‘By arresting PEN member Merdan Yanardağ on ludicrous espionage charges and appointing a trustee to TELE 1, the authorities clearly intend to wipe out what is left of critical journalism in Türkiye. W...

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Freedom from Torture @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social · 2d

📢 Today is the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights being signed.

It protects so many of our vital human rights, from our freedom from torture to our freedom of expression.

So it's up to all of us to protect it. Because we either all have human rights, or none of us do

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Jellybooks Ltd @jellybooks.bsky.social · 4d

Sample to peek inside and share

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Sample of "Madonna in a Fur Coat" by Sabahattin Ali, Maureen Freely, Alexander Dawe

Peek inside this book and discover another great read.

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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 6d

Save-the-date for our annual PEN Canada Awards Night 💌

Together we'll celebrate a year of achievements in advocacy, literature and free expression.

This event is free, but a ticket is required. RSVP through Eventbrite:

www.eventbrite.ca/e/1902334757...

PEN Canada Awards Night

A night celebrating a year of advocacy, literature and free expression, featuring poetry readings from emerging Toronto voices.

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Burhan Sonmez @burhansonmez.bsky.social · 6d

Day of the Dead 2025

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 6d

Join us today at 3 pm in front of the Mexican Embassy in London to honour journalists in Mexico who’ve been killed or disappeared for their work.

Can’t join in person? Create an altar wherever you are and share a photo with #NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety to stand in solidarity.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7d

all these passing things

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 13d

Asia Spotlight is live! 🌏

This new series from our Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social features voices from Bangladesh, Singapore, Thailand, and more, exploring censorship and resilience through personal reflections.
Read the full overview ⬇️

tomorrowclub.world/spotlights/s...

Spotlight: Asia

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Young Writers Committee @youngwriterspen.bsky.social · 13d

New spotlight on Tomorrow Club is live, amplifying young voices across Asia until the new year.

Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️

Spotlight: Asia

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 13d

even as in a drought a river will flow, whose source is in the well-springs of far-off and undiscernible hills

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 15d

#Türkiye: PEN International joins press and freedom of expression organisations in urgently calling for the immediate removal of the anti-LGBTQ+ provision from Türkiye’s 11th Judicial Package.

Read the full statement ⬇️

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Türkiye: Journalists reporting LGBTQ+ issues risk criminalisation — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

22 October 2025: As press and freedom of expression organisations undersigned below, we call for the removal of the reported anti-LGBTQ+ provision from the 11th Judicial Package which would re...

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 15d

PEN International warmly congratulates @giocondabelli.bsky.social, President of PEN Nicaragua, on receiving the Carlos Fuentes International Prize for Literary Creation.

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La escritora nicaragüense Gioconda Belli gana el Premio Carlos Fuentes: “Me siento honrada por recibirlo de uno de los eternos de las letras hispanoamericanas”

El jurado ha destacado en su fallo “su capacidad de renovación de la poesía hispanoamericana y la fuerza de su diálogo entre la sociedad, la historia y la literatura”

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 16d

Join PEN International, @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social, @englishpen.bsky.social and other PEN Centres with @amnesty.org and @article19.bsky.social. Together, we will gather in front of the Mexican Embassy in London to demand justice for murdered and disappeared journalists.

#NoOneIsGuaranteedSafety

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 16d

Our youngest board member, Turkish-born Ege Dündar, is an author-activist leading a new context for young citizens’ place in a troubled world.

Read his latest article with Publishing Perspectives ⬇️

publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/pen-...

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PEN International's Ege Dündar at Frankfurt: 'Look to the Youth' - Publishing Perspectives

The youngest PEN International board member, Turkish-born Ege Dündar is an author-activist leading a new context for young citizens’ place in a troubled world. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @P...

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 16d

What would a world with true freedom of expression look like? 💡

At this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair with @youngwriterspen.bsky.social, leading voices reminded us that freedom of expression isn’t easy... It’s dialogue, discomfort, and the courage to speak and listen so every voice can be heard.

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Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann @irishpen.bsky.social · 16d

Join us at the Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University Belfast for this very special event celebrating the superb Kurdish poet Ilhan Sami Çomak.

Booking is FREE on Eventbrite.

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Sue Divin @suedivinwriter.bsky.social · 16d

Free Irish PEN @irishpen.bsky.social event in Belfast. Tickets open now on Eventbrite.
Irish PEN is a human rights organisation for writers of all levels. Why not consider joining?

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ilhan-sami...?

İlhan Sami Çomak: A Reading and Conversation

Acclaimed Kurdish poet, İlhan Sami Çomak’s first reading in Belfast

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 23d

At our 91st Congress in Kraków, the Young Writers Committee brought together voices from PEN Centres worldwide, sharing how they resist repression and defend free expression.

This week, the Committee will be at the Frankfurt Book Fair for their panel “The Future of Writing and Free Expression.”

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · 29d

For all those attending Frankfurt Book Fair next week, join PEN International, the Young Writers Committee, and the Tomorrow Club for a panel discussion on the future of writing and free expression.

#fbm25 @youngwriterspen.bsky.social

RSVP link: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · Oct 8

At our 90th Congress in Kraków, Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate and Vice President of PEN International, reflected on how Ukraine’s literary life has not only survived but flourished despite the devastation of war.

Watch the full 5 minutes on our website: www.pen-international.org/congress

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · Oct 7

32 years ago today, Toni Morrison became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

A long-standing member of PEN America and Vice President of PEN International, Morrison was a fierce advocate for writers whose voices were silenced.

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Burcu Karahan @burcukarahan.bsky.social · Oct 6

📯📯 One Thousand and One Kisses 💋 is now out from @tra-attached.bsky.social!
💫 Heartfelt thanks to @aliyaycioglu.bsky.social for 🎨 cover art; and Louis de Bernieres, @ratherserious.bsky.social, and @whitejenny.bsky.social for their generous support.
Order here 👉 translationattached.com/available-now/

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penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social · Oct 6

Let's show SOLIDARITY & FULL support for #Kurdish author #YavuzEkinci on trial in #Tűrkiye -facing years of prison for his book Dream Divided: Charges MUST be dropped! Like & Share! @yavuzekinci.bsky.social @amdondo.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @burhansonmez.bsky.social @judythhill.bsky.social

PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · Oct 3

A verdict is expected on 6 October in the preposterous case against Yavuz Ekinci. He faces years in prison on terror propaganda grounds for his book Rüyası Bölünenler (Dream Divided). We urge #Türkiye to drop all charges and to uphold the freedom to create.
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...

Türkiye: Writer Yavuz Ekinci on trial again as spurious terror-propaganda case resumes — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

‘That Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci finds himself in court again for his writings after the case against him was dismissed exposes the authorities of Türkiye’s pernicious pursuit of those who dare explo...

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PEN International @peninternational.bsky.social · Oct 6

#Türkiye: We condemn the continuing judicial harassment of writer Yavuz Ekinci (@yavuzekinci.bsky.social), after his hearing was postponed yet again to 10 November. Ludicrous terror propaganda charges against him must be dropped at once.

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www.agos.com.tr/tr/yazi/3592...

"Rüyası Bölünenler" romanı yargılanmaya devam ediyor: Duruşma ertelendi | Agos

Edebiyatçı Yavuz Ekinci, 10 yıl önce yayımlanan “Rüyası Bölünenler” romanı nedeniyle “örgüt propagandası yapmak” iddiasıyla yargılanıyor. Davanın ikinci duruşması İstanbul 23. Ağır Ceza Mahkemesi’nde ...

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