ARC Condemns the Inhumane Flogging of Iranian Musician Mehdi Yarrahi
ARC Alarmed By U.S. Administration’s UNESCO Review and Withdrawal From UN Human Rights Bodies
ARC Urges Cuban Government to Include Artists in Prisoner Release
ARC and PEN America Condemn the Imprisonment of Poet Mohamed Tadjadit
ARC Condemns the Federal Defunding of Black and LGBTQIA+ Exhibitions
National Free Speech and Art Organizations Warn of a “Golden Age” of Propaganda and a “Starvation Age” for Culture
Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom in Nicaragua
Photographs Seized Amid Intimidation Against Forth Worth Museum
ARC Demands Immediate Release of Palestinian Filmmaker Abdallah Motan
ARC Welcomes Dismissal Of Censorship Board Case For Nigerian Filmmaker
Afro-Palestinian Artist and Activist Arrested by Israeli Authorities
Cuban Artist NandoOBDC Detained and Without Contact for 48 Hours
End Harassment of Journalists, Writers, and Artists
Georgian Authorities Unleash Repressive Wave Against Demonstrators and Artists
Iranian Cartoonist Atena Farghadani Released from Prison
Iranian Dissident Rapper Toomaj Salehi Released from Prison
Threats to cultural spaces and artists, threatening artistic freedom
Iranian Authorities Sentence Behrad Azargan
Türkiye’s Film Ban Strikes at the Heart of Artistic Freedom
Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence
2nd Anniversary of Woman, Life, Freedom
Open Letter to the Cuban Government: Free Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
Rights organizations condemn spate of Egyptian journalist arrests, demand immediate release, accountability
Artists at Risk Connection Condemns Arbitrary Arrest of Chinese Artist Gao Zhen
International Organizations Condemn Escalating Repression and Demands Release of Detained Artists, Journalists and Activists
Human Rights Organizations condemn the targeting of ElMaraya for Culture and Arts and call for the protection of cultural institutions in Egypt
Iranian Authorities Arrest and Disappear Singer Zara Esmaeili
Art and Culture in Ukraine on the Second Anniversary of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion
Iranian Musician Mehdi Yarrahi Sentenced to Lashes and Two Years Imprisonment
Imprisoned Cuban Artist and Activist Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez Sews His Mouth Shut To Protest Threats And Harassment
New Iran Headscarf Ban Targeting Actresses Must Be Lifted Immediately
Whereabouts of Cartoonist Atena Farghadani Remain Unknown
Egyptian Poet Galal El-Behairy—Jailed for Five Years for Writing a Song—Joins Hunger Strike Over Inhumane Conditions
Forcibly Expelled, Stripped of Their Citizenship and Deported to the U.S., Nicaraguan Writers and Artists Face “Fear and Uncertainty”
PEN America Condemns Execution of Iranian Activist Mohsen Shekari After Conviction for Participation in Protests
Alarm Over Reported Deportation of Nicaraguan Musician Leonardo Canales
PEN America Celebrates Release of Sanaa Seif
PEN America Demands Immediate Release of Cuban Rapper and Activist
ARC Condemns Siege Around Ugandan Opposition Leader’s Home
Brazilian Filmmaker Subjected to Wave of Harassment After Satirical Tweet
ARC Condemns Death Sentence for Nigerian Musician
Chilean Authorities Appear to Allow Erasure of Art Collective’s Work
Shortlisted for an Oscar, Syrian Filmmaker Denied U.S. Travel Visa
Persecuted Cuban Artist Being Held, His Location Unknown
Arrest of 11 Cuban Artists an Intolerable Affront to Free Expression
Three-Year Prison Sentence for Poet Galal El-Behairy is Another Blow for Freedom of Expression in Egypt
Threat of Prison Sentence for Two Turkish Filmmakers Marks Another Blow to Free Expression in Turkey
PEN America Condemns Arrest of Tunisian Cartoonist for Mocking the Prime Minister
Guatemalan Artists Among Those Targeted During Political Turmoil
