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Kai Ekholm receives Finnish PEN’s Freedom of Expression Award
Kai Ekholm is Director of the National Library of Finland. He is well known as a researcher on freedom of...
Uladzimir Njakljajeu sentenced for 10 days in prison
Free Uladzimir Njakljajeu Statement by Finnish PEN 3.11.2017 The poet and civil rights activist Uladzimir Njakljajeu (Vladimir Neklyaev) has been...
Nordic PEN centers’ protest letter to President Rouhani
Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish PEN send a letter to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani on Nov 2nd to protest the...
Finnish PEN’s resolution on blasphemy accepted in Lviv
Resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 83rd Congress in Lviv, Ukraine, 18 to...
Turkey: The charges against Finnish-Turkish journalist Ayla Albayrak must be dropped
A statement by Finnish PEN, 18.10.2017 Freedom of expression is under serious assault in Turkey and not even journalists of...
Greetings from Lviv!
The 83rd Congress of PEN International was held in the UNESCO city of literature Lviv, Ukraine, on Sept. 17th–23rd 2017....
The new Finnish PEN website
The new Finnish PEN website has been published! The website reform has been needed and planned for a long...
The Swedish PEN: Dissident Blog – Turkey Issue
“It was an obvious decision to devote this Dissident Blog to Turkey. Since July 2016 we have seen a steady...
Women Writers at Risk 27.9.2017 Arkadia International Bookshop
Finnish PEN organizes a literature event in support of writing women all over the world. Writers Tuuve Aro, Riina Katajavuori,...
Sirpa Kähkönen is the new president of The Union of Finnish Writers
Sirpa Kähkönen, the president of writers’ freedom of expression association Finnish PEN, has been elected as the president of The...
Women’s Manifesto
The Women’s Manifesto has been written in accordance with the ideals of the PEN Charter that calls for one humanity...
TAKE ACTION: Oleg Sentsov
The appeal has been updated 15 Nov, 8 Aug & 19 May 2018. The original was published 7 August 2017....
Jamshid Barzgar: Border Guard’s Question
Border Guard’s Question Jamshid Barzgar What is the name of that bird? The one resembling a song on a...
Joint oral statement on the deterioration of freedom of expression and media freedom in Turkey
UN Human Rights Council 34th Special Session Item 4: Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Delivered by Sarah...
Mojibur Doftori: Strengthening Universal Liberal Democratic Values: What the World Can Learn from India and Nordic Countries?
Fhe results of the 2016 U.S. presidential elections came as a shock to many people across the world. Donald Trump,...
PEN Welcomes the Words of Migrants and Asylum Seekers
The Nordic PEN Centres are convinced that our societies benefit from all voices being heard. Furthermore, we are concerned that...
Nordic PEN centres and Estonian PEN gather in Helsinki
Members from Danish, Estonian, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish PEN centres are gathering in Helsinki to a network meeting on...
Remember to register for Priceless Words seminar
Priceless Words – The Nordic-Estonian Freedom of Speech Seminar takes place on 9.9. in Helsinki. The registration is available still...
The registration to the seminar Priceless Words begins
Priceless Words – The Nordic-Estonian Freedom of Speech Seminar Estonian PEN and the Nordic PEN centres are gathering in Helsinki...
On World Press Freedom day 2016
Finnish PEN joins Finnish Newspapers Association and 19 other organizations to demand responsible use of words on the International Press...