Football card for Iran
A 'Football Card' designed by PEN International to raise awareness of freedom of the word in Iran. Inspired by the FIFA World Cup held in Brazil in 2014, PEN...
Postcards supporting Ukrainian writers
Collection of flyers (called 'postcards' in PEN campaigns) created by the Ukrainian Centre in support of four cases of persecuted Ukrainian writers: Mykola Semena, Oleg Sentsov, Roman Suschenko, and...
Flyer on Sentsov's hunger strike
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN campaigns) created by Ukrainian Centre in September 2018 as part of PEN International's global campaign calling for the liberation of the Ukrainian filmmaker...
The Eli Langer case
Folder of documents concerning the Eli Langer case dated between 1993 and 1995, ff. 24. In 1993 the Canadian artist Eli Langer held an exhibition at the Mercer Union...
Letter from Latin American Centres to Rafael Correa
Draft of an electronically typed open letter sent by seven PEN Centre presidents to Rafael Correa, 22 February 2012, ff. 2. In this letter the presidents of seven Latin...
Liu Xiaobo Poetry Reading
Video of a recital of the Dutch translation of Liu Xiaobo's poem You Wait for Me with Dust, which was filmed by the Belgian Dutch-Speaking Centre in Antwerp in...
Brochure commemorating Ken Saro-Wiwa
Brochure created and distributed by the Basque Centre in 2005 to commemorate the life and work of Nigerian poet, writer, and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. Saro-Wiwa fought in...
Postcards for imprisoned writers
Two flyers (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) created by the American Centre as part of their Writers at Risk campaigns. These particular postcards are left blank in order...
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) from one of the American Centre's 2019 campaigns, which called for the release of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are...
Jamal Khashoggi Campaign
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called attention to the assasination of journalist Jamal...
Press Freedom Incentive Fund
Flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during the American Centre's pilot 2017-18 Press Freedom Incentive Fund, which aimed to rally citizen activism in order to counter the...
Painting of Oleg Sentsov
Painting of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov by the American artist Molly Crabapple, which was created as part of the American Centre's 2017 campaign calling for Senstov's release. In...
Oleg Sentsov's case
Front of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used during one of the American Centre's 2018 campaigns, which called for the release of Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov,...
Campaigning for Oleg Sentsov
Two sides of a flyer (known as 'postcards' in PEN's campaigns) used in the American Centre's 2018 campaign advocating for the release of the Ukranian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who...
Supporting the Auditoría YA Campaign
Photograph of members of the Puerto Rican Centre showing their support for the Auditoría YA campaign for an independent audit of Puerto Rico's public debt. This photograph was taken...
Solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh in Managua
Invitation to a protest event co-organised by the Nicaraguan Centre to show solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, artist, and curator living in Saudi Arabia, who was sentenced...
Reading for Ashraf Fayadh at Literato
Photograph of the audience listening to speakers at a protest event co-organised by the Nicaraguan Centre to show solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, artist, and curator living...
PEN delegates with Marcelo Ebrard
Photograph of PEN delegates meeting with Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City (2006-12) and Mexican Foreign Secretary (2018-), at the Canadian ambassador's official residence in Mexico City on 27...
#No Nos Callarán Campaign
Copy of "No Nos Callarán", El Universal, Mexico, 31 August 2015: 1-4. On 31 August a campaign using the hashtag 'No Nos Callarán' (They Will Not Silence Us) took...
PEN Protesta! notice in El Universal
Copy of "A Los Periodistas y Escritores de Mexico", El Universal, 27 January 2012: 11. This page from El Universal displays a message of solidarity from PEN International to...
Solidarity with Ashraf Fayadh in Mexico City
Photograph of the audience at a protest event held for Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet, artist, and curator living in Saudi Arabia, who was sentenced to eight years in...
Campaign for Faraj Sarkoohi
Photograph of PEN members campaigning for the liberation of Faraj Sarkoohi, honorary member and human rights commissioner of the German Centre. Among them are: Eugene Schoulgin, second on the...
Liu Xiaobo in Beijing
Photograph of Liu Xiaobo, co-founder and president of the Independent Chinese Centre (2003-07) and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010, addressing the audience at an awards ceremony...
Alvarado addressing the audience
Photograph of the audience and panel at a conference titled Los Crimines Contra Periodistas Impulsan el Silencio en Honduras. Dina Meza, co-founder and president of the Honduran Centre, is...
Homage to Juan Carlos Argeñal
Photograph of a table set with items that form a tribute to the Honduran journalist Juan Carlos Argeñal, who was murdered on 7 December 2013 for disseminating news about...
Julio Ernesto Alvarado speaking at conference
Photograph of the Honduran journalist Julio Ernesto Alvarado speaking at a conference titled Los Crimines Contra Periodistas Impulsan el Silencio en Honduras. This conference was organised by the Honduran...
Conference on journalism in Honduras
Photograph of the audience at a conference titled Los Crimines Contra Periodistas Impulsan el Silencio en Honduras. This event was organised by the Honduran Centre in collaboration with PEN...
Panel at conference on Journalists in Honduras
Photograph of the panel speaking at a conference titled Los Crimines Contra Periodistas Impulsan el Silencio en Honduras. Dina Meza, co-founder and president of the Honduran Centre, can be...
Für Das Wort Campaign
Flyer used in campaign that was organised by the German Centre in collaboration with Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels and Reporters Without Borders in 2016. This campaign called upon The...
Fifty Fatullayevs protest
Photograph of a protest group gathered opposite the Azerbaijan Embassy in London for a demonstration that was organised by the English Centre in collaboration with PEN International, Amnesty International...