PEN Malta is saddened by the passing of Laurence Grech, a towering figure in Maltese journalism whose integrity and principled voice helped shape public discourse for decades. Laurence’s dedication to truth, fairness and the highest standards of journalism has been lauded by all.

PEN Malta expresses deep concern over the deteriorating situation in Venezuela and the grave risks faced by writers, journalists, and all those imprisoned for exercising their right to free expression.

PEN Malta tesprimi s-sogħba għall-mewt ta’ Alfred Palma. Palma jibqa’ magħruf għat-traduzzjonijiet tiegħu tax-xogħlijiet ta’ Shakespeare u d-Divina Commedia.

At PEN Malta, we believe that truth is not a privilege granted by regulation but a fundamental obligation of anyone who exercises power over others. Our President Immanuel Mifsud's Op-Ed today on Times of Malta timesofmalta.com/article/trut...

🗳 Call for nominations Nominations are open for: President | Vice-President | Secretary | Treasurer & Executive Committee members 📧 [email protected] / [email protected] ⏰ Deadline: 20 December 2025 ✍️ Authors, journalists, artists & activists welcome to join PEN Malta

PEN Malta condemns the statement issued by Jason Micallef attacking a Newsbook journalist. Micallef is a public official, paid from public funds, and as such has a duty to answer questions posed by journalists when these concern matters of public interest. timesofmalta.com/article/jaso...

PEN Malta is outraged by the EBU’s decision to allow Israel to participate in Eurovision 2026. Russia and Belarus were rightly barred for violating international law, yet Israel is given an exception despite authoritative findings of grave human rights violations in timesofmalta.com/article/isra...

PEN Malta issellem il-memorja ta' Arthur Gruppetta (1944-2025), figura li kellha sehem kbir fl-istorja letterarja ta' Malta. Grupetta stabilixxa Merlin Publishers, minn ħanut żgħir tal-kotba għal pubblikatur ewlieni ta' tant kittieba f'Malta. Kondoljanzi lill-familja tiegħu.

#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 release. Read our joint statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/china-p... #FreeGuiMinhai

Eight years ago, we were shaken by a tragedy that had no precedent in Malta. Eight years ago, someone decided to carry out an assassination on a person who chose, instead of living a comfortable life, to risk her own safety in order to expose facts in the public interest

The latest targeted assassination of Palestinian journalists by Israel in Gaza is horrifying confirmation of a long-standing, genocidal policy aimed at wiping out Palestinian life and culture. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Family statement: 1️⃣ The criminal court in Malta today has sentenced car bomb suppliers Robert Agius and Jamie Vella to life imprisonment and other penalties for their role in Daphne’s murder on 16 October 2017. #DaphneCaruanaGalizia Photo: Pippa Zammit Cutajar

PEN Malta stands with Maltese and Malta-based writers, artists, academics & activists in calling out European Parliament Roberta Metsola's silence on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. We endorse this powerful open letter: openlettertorobertametsola.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/5/

PEN Malta stands with Maltese and Malta-based writers, artists, academics & activists in calling out European Parliament Roberta Metsola's silence on Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. We endorse this powerful open letter: openlettertorobertametsola.wordpress.com/2025/06/05/5/

Amid a lack of detail on how a US-Israeli plan for Gaza aid will work, what little information there is appears so problematic that major humanitarian groups have refused to take part.

We're very concerned by the UK Home Office's refusal to grant a visa to PEN Translates award-winner Ibrahima Balde. This raises serious concerns for artistic freedom and exchange – we urge them to reconsider this decision. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

At #PENWorldVoices, Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil and Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail delved into the urgency of documenting personal and collective experiences, and how the act of writing both engenders change and urges us towards the future. Read more: pen.org/2025-pen-wor...

#Trump has aggressively used legal action to silence unfavorable coverage — a move that’s extremely rare for a sitting U.S. president. These are not normal times for American press freedoms🗞️ Read more about key cases in CPJ’s special report “Alarm bells": cpj.org?p=473694

We joined civil society in marking the Palestinian Nakba and in urging our government and the EU to stop Israel's genocoide of Palestinians www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

Since his arrest in 2018, Galal El-Behairy has been a focus of our advocacy and campaigning. Galal’s case remains emblematic of Egypt’s crackdown on artistic expression. Find out more and take action to support his freedom: www.pen-international.org/cases/galal-...

Check out PEN Malta's May newsletter – find out more about the Open Mic on Manoel Island, standing up to unchecked development, and how you can raise your voice. Manoel Island should be for everyone, not for the greedy trying to grab our country with enabling politicians.

In-Newsletter ta' PEN Malta għal Mejju - niżżilha u ssib iżjed informazzjoni dwar il-Palk Ħieles fuq Manoel Island kontra l-iżivlupp bla kontroll u kif tista' ssemma' leħnek. Manoel Island tista' tkun post fejn ingawdu lkoll, kontra r-regħba ta' min irid jaħtaf 'il pajjiżna.

Ingħaqad magħna għall-Palk Ħieles f'lejla li tiċċelebra l-libertà tal-espressjoni, il-komunità u l-kreattività fl-arja miftuħa. Organizzat minn PEN Malta mal-kampanja "Manoel Island: Post Għalina". - 22 ta’ Mejju 2025 - 6:00 PM - Manoel Island Irreġistra hawn: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

1/ PEN Malta tesprimi solidarjetà mal-poplu ta’ Gaża u tikkundanna r-rifjut tal-gvern Malti li joffri għajnuna lill-vapur umanitarju Conscience, li tħalla bejn sema u ilma wara attakk mill-ajru li hu rrappurtat li twettaq mill-Iżrael. www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

1/ PEN Malta stands in solidarity with Gaza and condemns the Maltese government’s refusal to assist the humanitarian vessel Conscience, left stranded following a reported Israeli drone attack. www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

Today, on World Press Freedom Day, we take action for José Gabriel Barrenechea. Detained in Cuba for participating in peaceful protests. Read his story, take action and demand his release: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign... #WPFD25 #WorldPressFreedomDay #JoséGabrielBarrenechea

Fil-jum Dinji għal-Libertà tal-Istampa nitlobu għall-waqfien tal-impunità ta' min iwettaq krimini kontra l-ġurnalisti. On World Press Freedom Day we call for the end of impunity for crimes against journalists.

#USA: Journalists at Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe, and Voice of America are in danger of deportation and imprisonment as the Trump administration guts the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). With 36 organisations, we urge to ensure journalists’ safety: pen.org/joint-congre...

#Nicaragua: PEN International stands with global partners in calling on Nicaragua to urgently reengage with the UN Human Rights Council and protect civic freedoms. Read more ➡️ www.pen-international.org/news/nicarag...

For the first time, we are launching a digital catalogue of IDENTITY ON TRIAL: PERSECUTION AND RESISTANCE, our Case List 2025, allowing users to explore individual cases by region and status. Discover the stories of writers facing persecution worldwide: www.pen-international.org/identity-on-...

PEN America: Lawyers and Courts Must Not Back Down as President Trump Issues Executive Order Calling for Sanctions and Investigations of Attorneys and Law Firms Full statement: pen.org/press-releas...

These graffiti were drawn by orphaned siblings I met today who just arrived in Al Geneina, Darfur, from Khartoum. They depict the daily horrors they faced in their neighbourhood: fighters, drones, artillery and deadly battles they fled to survive.

Today, on #WorldPoetryDay, we launch IDENTITY ON TRIAL: PERSECUTION AND RESISTANCE—our 2025 Case List exposing growing threats against writers targeted for gender, ethnicity, sexuality & beliefs. Find out more and protect writers at risk: www.pen-international.org/news/stateme...

#MahvashSabet’s poetry was born behind bars, written despite relentless persecution of her Baha’i faith. On #WorldPoetryDay, we demand her immediate release. Featured in our 2025 Case List— IDENTITY ON TRIAL: PERSECUTION AND RESISTANCE, take action today: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...

PEN Malta firmly supports the call to safeguard a healthy democratic culture, as highlighted in today’s Times of Malta editorial. Democracy is about fostering a culture where informed debate, accountability and the protection of fundamental freedoms thrive. timesofmalta.com/article/edit...

In our new PEN Ten interview, Claire Mehrotra talks with @emilystjams.bsky.social about her debut novel Woodworking (Zando, 2025), an unflinching and honest exploration of trans adolescence and resilience in South Dakota during the first Trump era. pen.org/emily-st-jam...

'Who has the right to be grieved?' Susannah Dickey is the recipient of the PEN Heaney Prize for poetry: these are the remarks she delivered at the awards ceremony. @englishpen.bsky.social

#Belarus: Since October 2019, PEN Belarus has documented systematic violations of cultural and human rights—arrests, interrogations, dismissals, event bans, and more. Read the latest report from PEN Belarus (@penbelarus.bsky.social): penbelarus.org/en/2025/02/2...

ICYMI: “For higher education to survive the current onslaught, it must fight,” writes PEN America’s @jeremycyoung.bsky.social. “Nothing on a college campus is more worth fighting for than the freedom of ideas from government control.” Read more @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/hand...

Welcome to the public domain, A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1929) by Ernest Hemingway. 💔📖 This classic novel of love and loss is set against the backdrop of World War I. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/w... #InternetArchive #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay

🚨The Europe Press Freedom Report is out ! Read the Platform partners call for stronger legal protection for journalists, safeguards against disinformation, and measures to combat media capture and surveillance 👉 go.coe.int/LjTes youtu.be/9YZWRydI7mI #EuropeForFreeMedia

We stand with @pressfreedom.bsky.social, human rights orgs, and notable writers including Ahdaf Soueif, Orhan Pamuk, Phil Klay, Elif Safak, Aatish Taseer, Arundhati Roy, and Narges Mohammadi, in calling on President Al-Sisi to grant Alaa Abd El-Fattah a pardon. www.fidh.org/en/region/no...

Egypt: PEN International calls for clemency for imprisoned writer Alaa Abdel Fattah and urges the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him. Read our joint letter: www.pen-international.org/news/pen-int...

'The moment in which we fail to feel outrage at genocide is the moment in which there will be no reason for poetry to exist' In #PENTransmissions, @susannahdickey.bsky.social on the true crime media engine, Palestine, grief and the PEN Heaney Prize. pentransmissions.com/2025/03/05/w...

Join us tomorrow 5 March in London/Brussels or online for the launch of the Europe Press Freedom Report: Confronting Political Pressure Disinformation & the Erosion of Media Independence. More information here: go.coe.int/TYndb #EuropeForFreeMedia

How do you campaign for change? Meant for PEN members and recent and long-time supporters, this handbook from @peninternational.bsky.social will help you refresh your approach to campaigning for the right to freedom of expression and supporting writers at risk: buff.ly/4ao46uQ

Today is International Writers' Day! A perfect moment to celebrate the power of words and the writers who bring stories to life. What book are you reading right now? Drop it in the comments! ⬇️✨ #InternationalWritersDay #Iamreading

Welcome to the public domain, A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1929) by Ernest Hemingway. 💔📖 This classic novel of love and loss is set against the backdrop of World War I. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/w... #PublicDomain #PublicDomainDay #Intern#PublicDomain#PublicDomainDay#InternetArchive

MAKING SILENCED LANGUAGES VISIBLE Day 11 - Poem 17: Malti Keith Borg: sakemm (until) Malti is the official language of the Maltese people. It is the only official Semitic language of the EU, and the only one written in Latin alphabet. @penmalta.bsky.social youtu.be/yYdtAioz00M?...

UN Special Rapporteurs are calling for the immediate release of Alaa Abd el-Fattah 'given the arbitrary and unlawful nature of his detention and the deteriorating health of his mother'. #FreeAlaa www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...