PEN Sydney
@pensydney.bsky.social
Sydney branch of PEN 🖋️
Defending freedom of expression on behalf of writers silenced by persecution or imprisonment.
🌏 https://linktr.ee/pensydneyau
Defending freedom of expression on behalf of writers silenced by persecution or imprisonment.
🌏 https://linktr.ee/pensydneyau
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📢 #DayoftheImprisonedWriter is here!
From 15 Nov to 10 Dec, we’ll spotlight four writers jailed for their words and call for their release. Join us in defending freedom of expression everywhere.
#RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
From 15 Nov to 10 Dec, we’ll spotlight four writers jailed for their words and call for their release. Join us in defending freedom of expression everywhere.
#RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
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#Australia #Thailand #Malaysia: We join PEN Centres in condemning Malaysia’s attempt to silence writer Murray Hunter through transnational criminal defamation, and urge Foreign Minister Penny Wong to intervene.
Read our joint letter ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/austral...
Read our joint letter ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/austral...
Australia–Malaysia–Thailand: PEN Centres urge action as writer Murray Hunter faces transnational repression — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
27 November 2025: PEN International, PEN Melbourne, PEN Perth and PEN Sydney called on Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong to urgently intervene in the case of writer Murray Hunter. In a jo...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#Australia #Thailand #Malaysia: We join PEN Centres in condemning Malaysia’s attempt to silence writer Murray Hunter through transnational criminal defamation, and urge Foreign Minister Penny Wong to intervene.
Read our joint letter ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/austral...
Read our joint letter ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/austral...
✉️ WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi, imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2016 for his cultural and literary work. Write to him, every message helps writers know they’re not forgotten.
www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
✉️ WRITE A MESSAGE OF HOPE: Today, show solidarity with Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi, imprisoned in Xinjiang since 2016 for his cultural and literary work. Write to him, every message helps writers know they’re not forgotten.
www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
✒️ PEN Sydney would like to thank all those who attended Sunday’s illuminating conversation between Benjamin Law and Cheng Lei, marking 2025’s #DayoftheImprisonedWriter.
We would also like to thank Gleebooks for hosting and making the event possible.
We would also like to thank Gleebooks for hosting and making the event possible.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
✒️ PEN Sydney would like to thank all those who attended Sunday’s illuminating conversation between Benjamin Law and Cheng Lei, marking 2025’s #DayoftheImprisonedWriter.
We would also like to thank Gleebooks for hosting and making the event possible.
We would also like to thank Gleebooks for hosting and making the event possible.
“Artists are the canaries in the coal mine… we have a special role to play in sounding the alarm and pushing back against the forces that want to make us be quiet.” — Dashka Slater (@dashkaslater.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
‼️🇦🇺 Australian writer Murray Hunter was indicted by a Thai court on the 17th of November on four counts of criminal defamation.
Hunter reported on Malaysian officials blocking websites critical of the government.
www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter #auspol
Hunter reported on Malaysian officials blocking websites critical of the government.
www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter #auspol
Malaysia-Thailand: Australian writer Murray Hunter targeted in act of transnational repression — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘ As the current ASEAN Chair, the Malaysian government has a responsibility to demonstrate its commitment to human rights, including the right to freedom of expression, across the region. Instead, it ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
‼️🇦🇺 Australian writer Murray Hunter was indicted by a Thai court on the 17th of November on four counts of criminal defamation.
Hunter reported on Malaysian officials blocking websites critical of the government.
www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter #auspol
Hunter reported on Malaysian officials blocking websites critical of the government.
www.pen-international.org/news/malaysi...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter #auspol
An empty chair for Jimmy Lai at our recent sold-out annual PEN Perth, who has been wrongfully imprisoned for his human rights activism in Hong Kong.
Read about our letter to the UN, calling for an end to abuses in Hong Kong prisons: www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
Read about our letter to the UN, calling for an end to abuses in Hong Kong prisons: www.pen-international.org/news/china-h...
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
✍️ Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit — the voice of the Hirak movement — is in prison just for speaking truth to power.
Join PEN International in demanding his immediate
and unconditional release.
📋 TAKE ACTION: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Join PEN International in demanding his immediate
and unconditional release.
📋 TAKE ACTION: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
✍️ Algerian poet #MohamedTadjadit — the voice of the Hirak movement — is in prison just for speaking truth to power.
Join PEN International in demanding his immediate
and unconditional release.
📋 TAKE ACTION: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Join PEN International in demanding his immediate
and unconditional release.
📋 TAKE ACTION: www.pen-international.org/mohamed-tadj...
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
✍️ Journalist #MziaAmaglobeli is imprisoned in Georgia on politically motivated grounds.
We call for her immediate release, a fair trial, and full accountability for police
abuse.
📋 Take action with us. Click the link in our bio.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
We call for her immediate release, a fair trial, and full accountability for police
abuse.
📋 Take action with us. Click the link in our bio.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
✍️ Journalist #MziaAmaglobeli is imprisoned in Georgia on politically motivated grounds.
We call for her immediate release, a fair trial, and full accountability for police
abuse.
📋 Take action with us. Click the link in our bio.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
We call for her immediate release, a fair trial, and full accountability for police
abuse.
📋 Take action with us. Click the link in our bio.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
✍️ SIGN OUR PETITION: www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language.
You can set him free.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language.
You can set him free.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Yalqun Rozi — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
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November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
✍️ SIGN OUR PETITION: www.pen-international.org/yalqun-rozi-...
Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language.
You can set him free.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Uyghur writer #YalqunRozi has spent 9 years behind bars in China for expressing his cultural identity. Sentenced to 15 years, his only “crime” was helping preserve the Uyghur language.
You can set him free.
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter
✍️ SIGN OUR PETITION: He told the truth. They silenced him.
Rory Branker has been disappeared and detained in Venezuela for doing his job as a journalist.
📋 Add your name to set him free — journalism is not a crime:
www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...
#RoryBranker #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Rory Branker has been disappeared and detained in Venezuela for doing his job as a journalist.
📋 Add your name to set him free — journalism is not a crime:
www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...
#RoryBranker #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
✍️ SIGN OUR PETITION: He told the truth. They silenced him.
Rory Branker has been disappeared and detained in Venezuela for doing his job as a journalist.
📋 Add your name to set him free — journalism is not a crime:
www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...
#RoryBranker #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
Rory Branker has been disappeared and detained in Venezuela for doing his job as a journalist.
📋 Add your name to set him free — journalism is not a crime:
www.pen-international.org/rory-branker...
#RoryBranker #DayoftheImprisonedWriter
📢 #DayoftheImprisonedWriter is here!
From 15 Nov to 10 Dec, we’ll spotlight four writers jailed for their words and call for their release. Join us in defending freedom of expression everywhere.
#RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
From 15 Nov to 10 Dec, we’ll spotlight four writers jailed for their words and call for their release. Join us in defending freedom of expression everywhere.
#RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
📢 #DayoftheImprisonedWriter is here!
From 15 Nov to 10 Dec, we’ll spotlight four writers jailed for their words and call for their release. Join us in defending freedom of expression everywhere.
#RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
From 15 Nov to 10 Dec, we’ll spotlight four writers jailed for their words and call for their release. Join us in defending freedom of expression everywhere.
#RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
“Sometimes, when I am empty, when words don’t come, when I find I haven’t written a single sentence after scribbling whole pages, I collapse on my couch and lie there dazed...A quarter of an hour later, everything changes; my heart is pounding with joy.”
✒️ Gustave Flaubert
#writers
✒️ Gustave Flaubert
#writers
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“Sometimes, when I am empty, when words don’t come, when I find I haven’t written a single sentence after scribbling whole pages, I collapse on my couch and lie there dazed...A quarter of an hour later, everything changes; my heart is pounding with joy.”
✒️ Gustave Flaubert
#writers
✒️ Gustave Flaubert
#writers
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#DayoftheImprisonedWriter is nearly here! From 15 Nov–10 Dec, we’ll highlight four writers jailed for speaking out: Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit and Mzia Amaglobeli. Join us to call for their release! #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
#DayoftheImprisonedWriter is nearly here! From 15 Nov–10 Dec, we’ll highlight four writers jailed for speaking out: Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit and Mzia Amaglobeli. Join us to call for their release! #DayoftheImprisonedWriter #RoryBranker #YalqunRozi #MohamedTadjadit #MziaAmaglobeli
📢 November 15 marks the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
🗓️ PEN Sydney is hosting an event to mark the day on November 23rd at Gleebooks.
🎟️ For tickets: gleebooks.com.au/product/chen...
@peninternational.bsky.social
#auspol #writers #sydney #australia
🗓️ PEN Sydney is hosting an event to mark the day on November 23rd at Gleebooks.
🎟️ For tickets: gleebooks.com.au/product/chen...
@peninternational.bsky.social
#auspol #writers #sydney #australia
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM
📢 November 15 marks the annual Day of the Imprisoned Writer.
🗓️ PEN Sydney is hosting an event to mark the day on November 23rd at Gleebooks.
🎟️ For tickets: gleebooks.com.au/product/chen...
@peninternational.bsky.social
#auspol #writers #sydney #australia
🗓️ PEN Sydney is hosting an event to mark the day on November 23rd at Gleebooks.
🎟️ For tickets: gleebooks.com.au/product/chen...
@peninternational.bsky.social
#auspol #writers #sydney #australia
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#Türkiye: Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci (@yavuzekinci.bsky.social) stands trial again on 10 November for his book Dream Divided. Preposterous terrorism charges must be dropped once and for all.
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
Türkiye: Writer Yavuz Ekinci on trial again as spurious terror-propaganda case resumes — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide
‘That Kurdish writer Yavuz Ekinci finds himself in court again for his writings after the case against him was dismissed exposes the authorities of Türkiye’s pernicious pursuit of those who dare explo...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
#Iran 🇮🇷 ✒️ Read Leila Sadeghi's personal story of detention in Iran on our website. Free.
🔗: pen.org.au/detention-of...
#freespeech #literature #writers
🔗: pen.org.au/detention-of...
#freespeech #literature #writers
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
#Iran 🇮🇷 ✒️ Read Leila Sadeghi's personal story of detention in Iran on our website. Free.
🔗: pen.org.au/detention-of...
#freespeech #literature #writers
🔗: pen.org.au/detention-of...
#freespeech #literature #writers
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New spotlight on Tomorrow Club is live, amplifying young voices across Asia until the new year.
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Spotlight: Asia
tomorrowclub.world
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
New spotlight on Tomorrow Club is live, amplifying young voices across Asia until the new year.
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Over 30 bright young names from 20 countries joined up with inspiring stories, in truth and fiction, opening personal windows into a diverse range of contexts and experiences around the region ⬇️
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet and playwright who made significant contributions to aesthetic and cinematic theory. From a young age, he was critical of war. 🖋️
#writer #writing #writerquotes #writerscommunity
📸: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
#writer #writing #writerquotes #writerscommunity
📸: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Bertolt Brecht was a German poet and playwright who made significant contributions to aesthetic and cinematic theory. From a young age, he was critical of war. 🖋️
#writer #writing #writerquotes #writerscommunity
📸: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
#writer #writing #writerquotes #writerscommunity
📸: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409-300 / Kolbe, Jörg / CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
If you missed Chris Hedges' speech, 'The Betrayal Of Palestinian Journalists', you can find it on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvR...
#gaza #palestine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvR...
#gaza #palestine
Chris Hedges: The Betrayal of Palestinian Journalists
YouTube video by Consortium News
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October 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If you missed Chris Hedges' speech, 'The Betrayal Of Palestinian Journalists', you can find it on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvR...
#gaza #palestine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UvR...
#gaza #palestine
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The Chinese government is the world’s leading jailer of journalists and writers, and Gui Minhai’s case is emblematic of the lengths authorities will go to repress expression—including beyond its borders.
Learn more: pen.org/report/freed... (5/5)
Learn more: pen.org/report/freed... (5/5)
Freedom to Write Index 2024
The number of writers jailed reached a new high, with at least 375 behind bars in 40 countries during 2024, compared to 339 in 2023.
pen.org
October 18, 2025 at 4:56 AM
The location for Chris Hedges' cancelled address, "The Betrayal Of Palestinian Journalists" has been confirmed!
📍NSW Teachers Federation conference centre, Surry Hills NSW, Australia
🔗 REGISTER NOW: events.humanitix.com/hedges-pales...
#auspol #gaza #israel #palestine #sydney
📍NSW Teachers Federation conference centre, Surry Hills NSW, Australia
🔗 REGISTER NOW: events.humanitix.com/hedges-pales...
#auspol #gaza #israel #palestine #sydney
The betrayal of Palestinian journalists
Hear Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Chris Hedges deliver his cancelled National Press Club speech.
events.humanitix.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The location for Chris Hedges' cancelled address, "The Betrayal Of Palestinian Journalists" has been confirmed!
📍NSW Teachers Federation conference centre, Surry Hills NSW, Australia
🔗 REGISTER NOW: events.humanitix.com/hedges-pales...
#auspol #gaza #israel #palestine #sydney
📍NSW Teachers Federation conference centre, Surry Hills NSW, Australia
🔗 REGISTER NOW: events.humanitix.com/hedges-pales...
#auspol #gaza #israel #palestine #sydney
October 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
On the 7-year anniversary of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder at the hands of Saudi agents, some of America’s biggest comedians performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
As the Saudi government sponsors comedy, let’s speak up for Saudi writers at risk: pen.org/saudi-sponso...
As the Saudi government sponsors comedy, let’s speak up for Saudi writers at risk: pen.org/saudi-sponso...
As the Saudi Government Sponsors Comedy, Let’s Speak Up for Saudi Writers at Risk
One uncensored fact about the Saudi government is that it is jailing writers, bloggers, and journalists for their speech, and in some cases, has killed them, in the ultimate act of silencing.
pen.org
October 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM