Sydney PEN International | Non-profit organisation

Sydney PEN International

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• Businesses
• Non-profit organisation

25.01.2022 Everyone needs to hear a bit of good news: More than 100 regional newspaper publishers and broadcasters across Australia are set to gain funding through a federal government scheme to help media deal with catastrophic declines in advertising revenue. https://www.theguardian.com//australian-regional-media-to-

25.01.2022 Check out this international collaboration to complete the work of investigative journalists who are killed or silenced. https://forbiddenstories.org/

24.01.2022 Please join to watch poets from around the world respond to COVID. Organised by PEN Internationals Women Writers Committee. https://zoom.us//regi/tJIocuurrTkoHdAIsIZlXynrGW7CPiDw10Vt

23.01.2022 Whistleblowers like #bernardcollaery should be protected and the media free to report on issues in our interest about what our government is doing in our name. We thought that was democracy...is this Australia? #pressfreedom #protectwhistleblowers

22.01.2022 One of the Philippines most prominent journalists, Maria Ressa, has been found guilty of cyber libel charges, a verdict that could lead to six years in prison. Freedom of the press is the foundation of every single right you have as a Filipino citizen. If we cant hold power to account, we cant do anything, she said. https://www.theguardian.com//maria-ressa-rappler-editor-fo

22.01.2022 GOOD NEWS: Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released in a prisoner exchange, after being arrested in 2018 on charges of espionage. Thank you to those who wrote letters, supported from afar, and to those who worked tirelessly for her release. More details here: https://www.theguardian.com//iran-exchange-kylie-moore-gil

21.01.2022 In light of the protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, it is time to consider the role of freedom of expression in Australias own criminal justice system https://pen.org.au//linguistic-rights-central-to-indigenou

21.01.2022 Wow. The Australian Federal Police has recommended prosecutors consider laying charges against an ABC journalist over stories revealing allegations of potential war crimes by Australian special forces in Afghanistan. "Doing accurate journalism that is clearly in the public interest should not be an offence." #JournalismIsNotACrime #APFraids "...the most important thing is that those who broke our laws and the laws of armed conflict are held to account. Our nation should be ...better" https://www.smh.com.au//afp-wants-charges-considered-over-

21.01.2022 Another Australian journalist has been detained in China, without any explanation from authorities. #CHENGLEI

19.01.2022 Celebrating the #DayoftheImprisonedWriter, watch this insightful conversation with Maria Ressa on Freedom and Fakery in the Philippines today > https://youtu.be/rNLWSN0RY6g

19.01.2022 All are invited to join our open mic poetry night next Monday evening. Details to register are below.

18.01.2022 If you missed this episode on the fearless Maria Ressa on ABCs Media Watch last night, watch it here. https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/ressa/12381696. You can also help support Maria and Rappler at https://www.rappler.com/crowdfunding #DefendPressFreedom #HoldTheLine #CourageON

17.01.2022 Join Cha: An Asian Literary Journal and internationales literaturfestival berlin tonight in a worldwide reading for Hong Kong. The team at Cha, Hong Kongs first English-language online literary journal, have gathered an incredible lineup of poets, writers, translators and artists working in the region to share their thoughts on democracy and freedom of expression, two months after a worryingly wide-reaching National Security Law was passed. Click through to the event to see whos speaking and join us tonight:

17.01.2022 https://www.theguardian.com//prosecutors-drop-42-charges-a

16.01.2022 Today is your last chance to register for our Day of Imprisoned Writer event tomorrow featuring Maria Ressa. Tickets by your donation https://my.wheelercentre.com/4327/4329

15.01.2022 Maria Ressa on Presidents #Trump and Rodrigo Duterte: "Our leaders use anger and fear to divide and conquer...and anger and fear just destroys...how well we survive this time depends on each of us fighting our individual battle for integrity." https://time.com/5575490/maria-ressa-time-100/ #Journalismisnotacrime

15.01.2022 One of Hong Kongs most strident pro-democracy figures has been arrested and the newspaper he runs searched by police in a stark escalation by authorities enforcing new national security laws brought in by Beijing. https://www.theguardian.com//hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-

14.01.2022 Heres an excellent discussion on #pressfreedom in the region from ABC RN. #AlJazeera

14.01.2022 Join us with MEAA on Monday in an online action to flood social media with messages of support for the ABC and demand it be properly funded: http://meaa.io/2CYFXz7 #HandsOffOurABC

13.01.2022 Join us with Suneeta Peres da Costa as we share poetry in our open mic poetry night. You can share, read or just listen. Free tickets available now for this special online event. For more information or to register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/open-mic-poetry-night-conne

13.01.2022 THE ARCHIPELAGO Become a member Support refugee writers in Indonesia 1: A new magazine for migration has just launched, featuring literature and art from the refugee community in Indonesia. You can read the archipelago at thearchipelago.org and please follow them on Facebook and Instagram. @KierenKresevic @Haarvard... 2: the archipelago is looking for writing mentors and artistic collaborators to work with refugee writers and artists. You can read more about them here 3: The archipelago is a writers collective of refugee and migrant-background writers. Refugees writing and artworks are a part of unofficial and forgotten history like all of the minorities and the groups who are under oppression. We need alternative sources. @Harvard https://twitter.com/behrouzbooc/status/1278264970568859649

12.01.2022 Thank you for tuning in and showing your support for detained Australian academic, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, as we stood on the steps of Sydneys Town Hall last night. Coverage here via SBS News https://www.sbs.com.au//kylie-moore-gilbert-s-friends-won-

12.01.2022 Join us with Adam Aitken as we share poetry in our open mic poetry night. You can share, read or just listen. Free tickets available now for this special online event. For more information or to register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/open-mic-poetry-night-conne

11.01.2022 "...since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001, the Australian Parliament has passed at least 82 national security laws one new national security law every three months. These laws allow governments to hide information from public view and punish those who reveal that information. There is no need for government to explain or even justify why the information is cloaked in secrecy all you need to know is that the government has deemed it so." https://pressfreedom.org.au/the-war-on-journalism-3fa11cdd9

10.01.2022 Join us with Melissa Bruce as we share poetry in our open mic poetry night. You can share, read or just listen. Free tickets available now for this special online event. For more information or to register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/open-mic-poetry-night-conne

10.01.2022 Join us with Behrouz Boochani as we share poetry in our open mic poetry night. You can share, read or just listen. Free tickets available now for this special online event. For more information or to register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/open-mic-poetry-night-conne

10.01.2022 On Assanges 49th birthday journalists around the world push for his release.

10.01.2022 Todays announced cuts to the ABC means less coverage, less diverse voices and a less informed public. #savetheABC https://www.abc.net.au//abc-announces-cuts-to-pro/12384972

08.01.2022 The extradition hearings have been disrupted and delayed, leaving Mr Assange unable to have his case heard until September 2020 at the earliest, while deaths within the UK prison populations and illness amongst judicial and penal staff cohorts continue to rise. https://www.theguardian.com//julian-assange-misses-court-h

08.01.2022 These three men face criminal charges in Iran for writing literature and being involved in a group, similar to PEN International, Iranian Writers Association (IWA). Read about their charges, and what you can do to help, in our transcript of an interview between them and our Pen Sydney President, Mark Isaacs. https://pen.org.au//three-members-of-the-iranian-writers-a

07.01.2022 Right now, we need our ABC and its world class reporting and investigative journalism more than ever. The ABC stands to lose $783 million in funding since the Coalition came into power in 2013. Thats over one thousand jobs cut, beloved programmes axed, and bureaus shut down. ... Sign this petition: https://www.getup.org.au//raise-your-voice-fo/save-our-abc

05.01.2022 Is this OK with you? https://www.sbs.com.au//legal-bodies-concerned-by-peter-du

05.01.2022 Thank you to all our supporters who tuned into our Day of Imprisoned Writer event featuring Maria Ressa last night. For those who missed it, you can watch the event in full from our website. https://youtu.be/85rXjK6Lnlk

05.01.2022 Theres growing alarm about the health and wellbeing of Australian Academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert, who continues to be held in an Iranian prison throughout this pandemic, despite more than 85,000 prisoners being temporarily released in Iran.

04.01.2022 https://www.smh.com.au//secret-trials-our-judges-need-to-r

03.01.2022 Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been moved to a harsher prison. The Australian government needs to do more to push for her freedom. #freekylie

02.01.2022 In January 2018, Uighur academic Abdukerim Rahman disappeared. Later, he was found to have been sent to a political re-education camp in China. A renowned academic known as the "father of Uyhjur folklore studies," he was beloved by his students at Xinjiang University and published over 20 books. In 2019 PEN International added him to their annual case list of detained individuals, though luckily he was released later that year. He passed away this month, but this 2018 story serves as a remembrance: https://livingotherwise.com//abdukerim-rahman-surviving-/

02.01.2022 Peter Dutton is moving to pass a bill that expands ASIOs powers and allows ABC journalists to be tracked and spied on as they work to uncover government wrongdoing without even the need for a warrant. Stand up to protect journalists by signing the @GetUp petition https://bit.ly/2XXvxI1 #Journalismisnotacrime

01.01.2022 Tell your friends.