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November 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.

PEN America today condemned the transfer of Vietnamese writer and journalist Pham Doan Trang to a remote prison facility, calling the move retaliation for exercising her right to freedom of expression. PEN America called on Vietnamese authorities to uphold international legal standards in its treatment of wrongfully jailed prisoners.

With anti-government protests erupting across Iran and writers and dissident voices being detained, PEN America today called for the release of Iranian writer Reza Khandan Mahabadi on the second anniversary of his wrongful imprisonment. PEN America also urged the unconditional release of every writer and artist either imprisoned long-term or detained recently. Mahabadi, a member of the Iranian Writers’ Association and winner of the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write award, was sent to prison exa...

As India marks 75 years of independence today, 102 notable U.S. and international writers and creative artists, including Marina Abramovic, Paul Auster, J.M. Coetzee, Jennifer Egan, Jonathan Franzen, Azar Nafisi, and Orhan Pamuk, joined PEN America and PEN International in signing a letter to Indian President Droupadi Murmu, raising concern over the deterioration of free expression and calling for the release of imprisoned writers and dissident and critical voices.

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Myanmars Creatives Are Fighting Military Rule With Art – Despite the Threat of a Draconian New Cyber-Security Law Time 2/12/2021 Suyin Haynes © The New York Times/Redux An artist projects symbols of protest on a building, to show support for the National League for Democracy in Yangon, Myanmars largest city, on Feb. 5, four days after the military seized full control of the country. The raised three fingers is a defiant salute from the "Hunger Games" films. Khine, an arti...

Pre-existing conditions. understand that we know a little bit more about pre-existing conditions because the aca bill had a transition period for people with pre-existing conditions, and in that, the highest number of people who applied for help with pre-existing conditions in that transition. was 115,000, highest number, so its not millions and millions of people who need this, and thus, if youre looking at $130 billion which is what is in the house bill as they are voting on it today for peopl...