#HongKong: On the 4th anniversary of Apple Daily's forced closure, we join international partners urging the UK Prime Minister to meet with Sebastien Lai, son of jailed writer & Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai. #FreeJimmyLai Read our joint letter 🔽 www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...

#China: Today, Sebastien Lai, son of #HongKong writer and media publisher #JimmyLai, addressed the UN Human Rights Council as a representative of PEN International and called for his father's release. Watch his statement here🔽

At the commemoration event at the Japanese parliament building on 3 June 2025 to mark the 36th anniversary of #TiananmenMassacre & 15th anniversary of #LiuXiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize. Thanks Ma Thida, chair of @peninternational.bsky.social’s Writers-in-Prison Committee, for her recorded speech.

We're honored to share an excerpt of A Phyu’s “I Was Not Alone,” first published in @altsean.bsky.social WOMEN'S VOICES FROM THE REVOLUTION. Join us online on 5/29 as A Phyu, @mathida.bsky.social and @debbiestot.bsky.social discuss the power of storytelling for advocacy. pen.org/first-i-have...

Release of Myanmar Filmmaker An Essential Step in the Battle for Free Expression