PEN America Releases New International Freedom To Write Index
PEN America Releases New International Freedom To Write Index The second edition of PEN’s Freedom to Write Index sees an alarming jump in writer detentions from 238 detainees in 2019 to at least 273 in 2020, in 35 countries. Image: PEN America Top Three Offenders: China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Writers, it’s asserted in the opening essay of PEN America’s new Freedom To Write 2020 assessment, released today (April 20), “have played an essential role during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, analyzing and critiquing government responses, documenting personal experiences, and shocking us in...