2002 PEN Congress poster

Poster advertising the 68th PEN International Congress in Ohrid, Macedonia, which was held on 17-24 September 2002 and titled Borders of Freedom/Freedom of Borders. This Congress was hosted by...
Tibetan delegation supporting persecuted writers

Photograph of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre delegation holding up images of three persecuted writers and PEN cases: Gao Yu, Liu Xiaobo, and Ilham Tohti. The members holding the...
Saint Petersburg Centre's logo

Logo of the Saint Petersburg Centre, which was established in 1994. Although originally intended to be a branch of the Russian Centre under Andreĭ Bitov's leadership, Russian laws at...
Statements from the St Petersburg Centre

Folder containing four statements issued by the Saint Petersburg Centre between January 2017 and June 2018, ff. 5. This document details the Saint Petersburg Centre's stance on four cases...
Victory Day poster

Poster displaying photographs and short biographies of Russian Centre members who played a role in the conflict fought the Eastern Front during World War II, which is termed 'The...
Exhibition on Strastnoy Boulevard

Photograph of Russian Centre members at the Poets on Strastnoy exhibition, which ran from 21 April to 17 May 2018. This exhibition was co-organised between the Russian Centre and...
Presentation of The Cursed and Killed

Photograph of Yevgeni Popov, on the left, founding member and president of the Russian Centre (2017-18), and Aleksei Simonov, member of the Russian Centre, on the right, at a...
Librarians receiving books from the Moscow Centre

Photograph of employees from the Mishkinsky District Library in the Kurgan Oblast region opening a package of new books sent to them by the Moscow Centre. In May 2019...
Demonstration against Runet

Photograph of members of the Moscow Centre protesting against Runet, an online network autonomous from the Internet and under Russian regulations. From left to right: photojournalist Victoria Ivleva; unknown;...
Moscow Centre supporting Oleg Sentsov

Photograph of members of the Moscow Centre's Board showing their support for the Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was arrested on 11 May 2014 under charges of terrorism and...
Campaign for Alexey Malobrodsky

Photograph of a demonstrator holding a sign asking for the liberation of Alexey Malobrodsky, a Russian theatre producer who was arrested in June 2017 under charges of fraud as...
Demonstrator advocating for Oleg Sentsov

Photograph of a demonstrator speaking with a passerby during a demonstration held by the Moscow Centre, on 21 August 2018, in Moscow. The demonstrators were asking for the liberation...
Demonstrators at the Embassy of Uzbekistan

Photograph of demonstrators in front of the Embassy of Uzbekistan, in Moscow. This demonstration, which took place on 2 April 2012, was organised by Russian photojournalist Victoria Ivleva, second...
Demonstration for Oleg Sentsov

Photograph of Alexander Podrabinek, Russian journalist, writer and human rights activist, interviewing a participant during a demonstration held by the Moscow Centre on 21 August 2018 in Moscow. The...