PEN Malta has said that while the jury's verdict in the Yorgen Fenech trial must be respected, the acquittal represents a 'scandal' and a failure of the state that leaves the question of who ordered D...

‘The appalling crimes against journalists in Mexico are not isolated, but part of a pattern that threatens freedom of expression itself. Journalists must be able to work without fear of violence. The ...

Journalist Muhammad Aidha, who had reported for the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya and Al Hadath channels since 2019, was killed in Mukalla in eastern Yemen on June 24 by an explosive device planted in his ca...

Malta has failed to act when it counted, NGOs say

A coalition of 18 Maltese organisations is pressuring Foreign Minister Chris Fearne to back an EU-wide ban on trade linked to illegal Israeli settlements, and to pass a domestic law doing the same. Th...

Maltese organisations urge foreign minister to back Israeli settlement trade ban • Call comes after MaltaToday report that Malta was not among EU states pushing for restrictions on trade with ill...

The recent decision by the standards commissioner about MPs not being duty-bound to tell the truth should alarm every citizen, says Immanuel Mifsud

Labour firebrand unleases attack on journalist in Facebook post; NGOs say this is unacceptable

'Participation remains unconscionable': Ireland refuses to even broadcast the competition

#China: Today, on the 10-year anniversary of the kidnapping of poet, bookseller and PEN member, Gui Minhai, 65 PEN Centres around the world renew our demand for his immediate and unconditional...

Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

Exclusive: London theatre urges Home Office to reconsider as Ibrahima Balde unable to watch adaptation of award-winning book

Every poem is a smuggled truth.

Organisers say the march honours the Palestinian Nakba and urges Malta and the EU to take immediate action to stop Israel’s crimes against humanity

Arrested in March 2018, he continued to be held without  trial at the end of the year despite fully serving an unjust three-year sentence followed by two years in…

Activists are urging the Maltese government to allow the damaged humanitarian vessel Conscience to dock for emergency repairs, following a reported Israeli drone strike near Malta's waters

Activists are urging the Maltese government to allow the damaged humanitarian vessel Conscience to dock for emergency repairs, following a reported Israeli drone strike near Malta's waters

“José Gabriel Barrenechea’s unjust detention underscores the risks faced by journalists who challenge authority. While his voice is now silenced, his courage continues to resonate for those who defy r...

Journalists sent back to their countries of origin are likely to face extreme consequences, including being imprisoned.

03 April 2025: PEN International, alongside the undersigned national and international organisations, as well as regional networks, condemn the Nicaraguan State's lack of cooperation in completing the...

Identity on Trial: Persecution and Resistance – PEN International Case List 2025

In one of the most draconian steps to date in his campaign seeking retribution against political foes, insulation from legal accountability, and the chilling of immigrants rights' litigation and other...

“As the very principles of international human rights and humanitarian law are being increasingly questioned by governments worldwide, we must redouble our efforts, defending the values that unite us:...

The safety of journalists is of paramount importance without whom we would lose a crucial component in the democratic functioning of the institution of our democracy

In this PEN Ten, Emily St. James discusses the many generations and forms of trans resistance and resilience.

Susannah Dickey on the true crime media engine, Palestine, grief and the PEN Heaney Prize.

Since October 2019, PEN Belarus has been systematically collecting facts about violations of cultural rights and human rights of cultural figures: arbitrary detentions and arrests, searches and interr...

The sector is at war. It’s time to fight harder.