PEN Canada - PEN Canada celebrates literature, defends freedom …
Oct 31, 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 ...
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 [email protected]. 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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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.
anthology - PEN Canada
Jul 9, 2024 · To maximize the amount that PEN Canada receives, you may also purchase the anthology directly from the PEN Canada office for $24.99 plus $19.49 shipping and handling. Please contact Theresa Johnson at 416 703 8448 ext 2221 to provide your credit card and mailing information. If you would like to have the anthology mailed to someone as a gift ...
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 ...