In a letter to the @bittersouth.bsky.social, journalist Mario Guevara—a legal resident of the U.S. who’s been jailed for 100 days without any pending criminal charges and who’s currently fighting an ICE deportation order—recounts the harrowing details of his detention in an Atlanta federal prison.

As we look back at our 91st Congress in partnership with PEN Poland, we are reminded of the urgency of coming together, of the power in mobilisation and collective movement. Image Credit: Daria Krotova

Trump’s EO labeling antifa a “domestic terrorist organization” can and will be used to threaten journalists and sources. Journalists who cover antifa or report on ICE must now risk being accused of “terrorism.” The EO is illegal, but it still chills speech. The intimidation is the point.

Listen & share this superb video please! #UkrainianView

@sotiria-georganti.bsky.social @mahiramakrishna.bsky.social @amdondo.bsky.social @sabrinabravi.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social @pencatala.bsky.social @uptoukraine.bsky.social @scottishpen.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social

Boycott every billionaire allowing this to happen. Nexstar, Perry Sook, n ABC have a merger deal. He was responsible for canceling Kimmel. Boycott Disney, Hulu, CW, n Newsnation. Make the billionaires companies suffer major revenue losses! #firstamendment

Dr Olha Mukha delivered this POWERHOUSE address on the necessary role of women as writers, journalists & culture-holders in Ukraine at the WW Committee meeting, 2025 PEN International Congress, Kraków, Poland @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @burhansonmez.bsky.social

Protect NOAA and FEMA from Trump's Dangerous Budget Cuts secure.ucs.org/a/2025-prote... @penamerica.bsky.social @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social

Serbia: EU must urgently address alarming crisis  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/serbia-... @tanjatuma.bsky.social @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @mahiramakrishna.bsky.social @sotiria-georganti.bsky.social

#Belarus: @peninternational.bsky.social, @penamerica.bsky.social & @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social call for accountability and unwavering support for Belarusian culture! @amdondo.bsky.social @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social

BRAVA! BRAVO! BRILLIANT Tomorrow Club LAUNCHED by @youngwriterspen.bsky.social! To archive & amplify young people's voices shaping our societies; connect brave creative witnesses across borders & exchange stories, strategies & solidarity, & learn from & support each other. www.tomorrowclub.world

Venezuela: PEN International calls for the release of journalists detained amid deepening crackdown  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/venezue... @penamerica.bsky.social @aliciaqui.bsky.social @germna.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @reportersunited.gr

OPT/Israel: There is no safe place in Gaza. Impose an arms embargo and end the genocide now  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/optisra... @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @sotiria-georganti.bsky.social

Mexico: PEN International Condemns Judicial Harassment of Hernán Gómez Bruera and Penguin Random House  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/mexico-... @peninternational.bsky.social @aliciaqui.bsky.social

"We stand with Kurdish PEN member Mehmet Dicle and ZİZ Publishing House & urge the authorities to stop initiating ludicrous terror-propaganda based on fictional literary writings." @burhansonmez.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social bit.ly/SupportMehme...

MARVELOUS, thoughtful, wisehearted read - Bravo, @ege-dundar.bsky.social & @youngwriterspen.bsky.social Thank you! @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @sotiria-georganti.bsky.social @mahiramakrishna.bsky.social @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social @burhansonmez.bsky.social

In his first piece for our Young Writers Committee, writer, activist, and PEN International Board Member Ege Dündar reflects on youth-led protests in Türkiye, the global assault on free expression, and the urgency of cross-border solidarity. Read it here: www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...

#Ukrainian journalist #ViktoriiaRoshchyna, 27, died in Russian prison, held for a year w/o lawyer or contact; her body found with returned bones of 775 Ukrainians. #WarCrimes #StandwithUkraine #CedeRussiaNOTHING bit.ly/ViktoriiaRos... @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @ukraineworld.bsky.social

#RussiaIsATerroristState #UkrainianView Russians kill Ukrainian children in their bedrooms 😡

🧵 1/6 New WP with @andrewkosenko.bsky.social, K.Vasilaky, O.Korenok & M. Klymak. We study how war-related events shape grassroots funding for 🇺🇦’s defence. Dataset: 2.9 million donations to Come Back Alive Foundation (24 Feb 2022 – 31 Dec 2023). Full paper: bit.ly/4lT7hzS #EconSky #UAView

#Nicaragua! Reengage with UN Human Rights! It's time & your people urgently need #FreedomofExpression and Civic freedoms!! @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social @giocondabelli.bsky.social @latinamericabureau.bsky.social @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social @aliciaqui.bsky.social

#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...

SO proud @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social is a signatory of @penamerica.bsky.social's campaign to protect journalists worldwide! @peninternational.bsky.social @mathida.bsky.social @mahiramakrishna.bsky.social @sotiria-georganti.bsky.social @amdondo.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/pena...

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!! That's some REAL Good Trouble!!!!

Our translation grants – #PENTranslates for publishers, including PEN Translates x SALT, and #PENPresents x SALT for translators – are NOW OPEN for submissions until 31 May. Find out more ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/translation/...

PEN America, @pencanada.bsky.social, and @penquebec.bsky.social Jointly Call for Books and Literature to Flow Freely Across the Shared Border: pen.org/press-releas...

Trans rights are human rights. As the co-chair of the Trans Equality Task Force in the @equality.house.gov, I will stand with our trans communities every single day, regardless of the attacks leveled by the Trump administration. #TDOV

Trans Rights are Human Rights; #TransDayOfVisibility

Still a good day to send a personal message to Mavesh Sabet! Prisoner of conscience-- write her today! @amdondo.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @penintwomenwriters.bsky.social

Uyghur writer and academic Ilham Tohti was sentenced to life in prison in 2014 after an unfair trial on separatism charges. Learn more about his case and others in our Case List 2025 ➡️ www.pen-international.org/identity-on-... Image credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

#Türkiye: We join @article19.bsky.social and partners in urging authorities to immediately cease attacks on peaceful protesters, stop targeting journalists, and halt the crackdown on online speech. Read our statement ➡️ www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...

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-...

Join PEN Norway & speak up against violations of human rights & freedom of the media & for the right to FAIR elections in Türkiye! bit.ly/ArrestofImam... @peninternational.bsky.social @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social @slocenterpen.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @penoccitan.bsky.social

Swedish journalist #JoakimMedin detained in Türkiye in tremendous growing repression of independent voices in Türkiye - Call for the immediate release of #JoakimMedin NOW! @linecaro.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social @burhansonmez.bsky.social bit.ly/JoakimMedinD...

MUST Read & Share! Nobel prize author @orhanpamuk.bsky.social's piece on powerful & GROWING resistance to Erdogan's stranglehold on Türkiye bit.ly/ProtestErdog... @burhansonmez.bsky.social l @sanmiguelpen.bsky.social @peninternational.bsky.social @germanrojas.bsky.social @tanjatuma.bsky.social

Our interview with Istanbul Bar ⚖️ ahead of the case against it today, accusing the President of the Bar and its board of terror propaganda. We call on the authorities to stop this attempt at dismantling one of the few strong, independent, democratic bodies in Turkey. norskpen.no/nyheter/ista...

Mexico: PEN International denounces threats against journalist Lucero Díaz Estrada and calls for protection  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide www.pen-international.org/news/mexico-...

#México. PEN Internacional documenta y condena las amenazas contra la periodista Lucero Díaz Estrada, directora de "Enlace Informativo". Las amenazas que recibió a través de redes sociales forman parte de un discurso de odio y violencia digital contra la reportera. www.milenio.com/estados/amen...

#Türkiye: We strongly condemn the arrests of Kurdish PEN members Mevlüt Aykoç, Sami Tan and Ronayi Önen – ostensibly for publishing teaching material in Kurdish – and urge their immediate release: www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/kurt-yazarla...

Excited to be here!! Not Resistance: REBELLION ~ the power of Love, Language & Skillful JOY to bring us to our BEST future! Put a Spin on the Planet: Write! Judyth Hill, poet & provocateur, 🇺🇦✍️🇺🇦 Chair of PEN International Women Writers Committee! www.judythhill.com