Over 100 writers urge the release of poet and translator Ali Asadollahi alongside other writers jailed in Iran. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/margaret-atwood-ali-asadollahi-iran-prison-protests-poet-b2927506.html

Sandra Cisneros and @judythhill.bsky.social captured the crowd last night with their passionate words on responding to book banning, plus video and resources. For San Miguel PEN at JC3, Jewish Cultural & Community Center, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. #Bookban #Censorship #Journalism #BookBanning

Sandra Cisneros & @judythhill.bsky.social WILL talk book banning TOMORROW for San Miguel PEN. See you safely at JC3, Jewish Cultural & Community Center, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 6 PM! www.simpletix.com/e/san-miguel...

Sandra Cisneros & @judythhill.bsky.social talk book banning on Tue for San Miguel PEN. Sandra’s novel, The House on Mango Street, is widely banned; poet Judyth is @peninternational.bsky.social Women Writers Committee Chair. In San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Info & Tickets: sanmiguelpen.com

Hope Frye riveted the crowd last night for San Miguel PEN at JC3, Jewish Cultural & Community Center, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico with her passionate concern for the plight of children locked up by ICE and her message of hope in resistance.

Tomorrow in San Miguel: Don’t miss distinguished immigration and human rights attorney Hope Frye speaking with San Miguel PEN on ICE’s targeting of immigrants in the US and what we can do in response. An urgent, timely conversation. Come informed. Leave ready to act. Tickets: sanmiguelpen.com

What is it like to be detained by #ICE? What can we do about it? Distinguished immigration and human rights attorney Hope Frye speaks Tuesday. Info and tickets: www.simpletix.com/e/san-miguel...

#Guatemala: PEN International welcomes the ruling granting house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, arbitrarily detained since July 2022. We urge authorities to immediately drop all charges and end judicial harassment against him. Full statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/guatema...

Come hear distinguished immigration and human rights attorney Hope Frye for San Miguel PEN on ICE’s hunting down of immigrants in the US and what we can do about it. Be inspired to hope and to act! San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, sanmiguelpen.com #ICE #SanMiguel #Immigration

#HongKong: Ahead of Jimmy Lai’s sentencing on Monday, PEN International once again calls for his immediate and unconditional release. Arbitrarily detained for nearly 1,900 days, Jimmy Lai now faces the possibility of a life sentence. #FreeJimmyLai hongkongfp.com/2026/02/06/b...

@jenniferclement.bsky.social wowed a packed house last night for San Miguel PEN at JC3, Jewish Cultural & Community Center, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with her memoir, The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me, and her achievements as first woman President of @peninternational.bsky.social.

Tomorrow! 🔔✨ Acclaimed author @jenniferclement.bsky.social al reads from her memoir The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me! Stories of youth, art, and freedom in ’70s Mexico City and ’80s New York. 🎟️ Tickets: www.simpletix.com/e/san-miguel... #Mexico #ArtHistory #NewYork #MexicoCity #SanMiguel

Acclaimed author @jenniferclement.bsky.social presents & reads from her recent memoir, The Promised Party: Kahlo, Basquiat and Me! What was it like to be young, free & alive in 2 of the world’s most fabulous cities: ‘70s Mexico City and ‘80s New York? Tickets: www.simpletix.com/e/san-miguel...

Andrew Paxman engaged an enthusiastic audience last night for San Miguel PEN with Who’s Really Killing Mexican Journalists? at the wonderful new venue, JC3, Jewish Cultural and Community Center, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. sanmiguelpen.com

Today is the day! Get your ticket at www.simpletix.com/e/san-miguel... and learn who is really killing Mexican Journalists! @judythhill.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @pencanada.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social #Journalism #Justice #Journalist

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it" — Martin Luther King Jr #martinlutherking #mlk #mlkday2025

Across #Mexico, journalists are murdered with impunity—10 between the Días de Muertos of 2024 & 2025. Hear acclaimed author, scholar & former Mexican journalist Andrew Paxman discuss who’s behind the murders of Mexican #journalists this Tuesday! More: sanmiguelpen.com @peninternational.bsky.social

Tomorrow, PEN International launches a global call to free writers jailed for their words: #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli. Follow & stay tuned to take action. #DayoftheImprisonedWriter

Are you a researcher with safety concerns? Join @aacu.org Help Desk, Expert Voices Together, Faculty First Responders, PEN America, @sciline.org, and the Researcher Support Consortium for a Researcher Safety Resource Fair on Nov 19 at 12pm PST/3pm ET: pen.org/event/resear...

We recently sat down with PEN America member Federico Erebia to discuss his advocacy combating book bans and soft-censorship, and the power of fiction to tell one’s story. Read the full interview here: pen.org/federico-ere...

On March 25, Rümeysa Öztürk was surrounded by plain clothes agents, removed from a street in Somerset, MA, arrested, and taken to a Louisiana detention facility where she has been held by ICE. The fact she cowrote an anti-Israel op-ed remains the only public justification for her arrest. #WPFD2025

On #WorldPressFreedomDay, @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social stands with José Gabriel Barrenechea, jailed in #Cuba since Nov 2024 for protesting the energy crisis. We won’t stay silent. Support him with a message of solidarity here: bit.ly/4iLkRCq @penamerica.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social

Act for #MahvashSabet on #WorldPoetryDay! She’s wrongly imprisoned & her health is worsening. Write to your embassy: bit.ly/4iQh9YV No embassy? Contact your Ministry: bit.ly/4iy4A4D Show solidarity: bit.ly/4j5Wro7 Help us demand her freedom! @peninternational.bsky.social @penmena.bsky.social

Urgent: @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social condemns the threats against journalist Lucero Díaz Estrada in Mexico. The digital harassment & sexist violence she faces are unacceptable! Authorities must ensure her safety & defend freedom of expression. #EndImpunity #ProtectJournalists #LuceroDíaz

@judythhill.bsky.social inspired the audience last night for @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social on empowering women writers to reach a wide, diverse global audience with their message and values. Many thanks again to host Néctar in Camino Silvestre, Correo 43 for so graciously hosting our series! 🙏✨

✨ In just hours, @judythhill.bsky.social takes the stage for the final talk of the @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social Winter Series 2025! Join us at 6 PM TODAY at Néctar, Camino Silvestre Correo No. 43, to hear how writing is our SUPERpower! 💥✊ 🔗https://bit.ly/41jVFh4 #sanmiguel #womenwriters #poetrypower

📣 Tomorrow! @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social presents @judythhill.bsky.social: 🌸 Women Out Loud: PEN, the Global Kapow! of Poetry, and YOU! 📍 Néctar, Camino Silvestre, Correo 43 🕕 6–7 PM 🔗https://bit.ly/41jVFh4 ✨ Come celebrate women’s writing and creativity with us! #WomenWriters #SanMiguel #Poetry

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Don’t miss the grand finale of the San Miguel Pen Presents 2025 Winter Series with the one and only @judythhill.bsky.social ✨ Women Out Loud: PEN, the Global Kapow! of Poetry, and YOU! Tue, Feb 25, 6 PM at Néctar, Camino Silvestre Correo No. 43! 📝🎤 @peninternational.bsky.social

Jim McKeever & Alfredo García-Lucio delighted a full house yesterday for San Miguel PEN, sharing their story: following hummingbirds from US to gardening, baking & healthy living in SMA. Thanks to Néctar, Camino Silvestre, Correo 43 for hosting! @judythhill.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social

PEN America joins @atriskartists.bsky.social in condemning the sentencing of Algerian poet Mohamed Tadjadit. We call on Algerian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Tadjadit and end the persecution of writers and artists for their expression. pen.org/press-releas...

Saludos! We focus on defending free expression in Mexico & the World. As the most dangerous country for journalists, Mexico faces a harsh reality. We honor the courage of those who risk everything to report the truth. As part of PEN’s global network, find more PEN centers here: go.bsky.app/MhL7yQC