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Woman I know from my community here, Israeli born, lived here for years, raised son here, Irish husband died here, was yesterday refused service at Limerick restaurant because Israeli. Welcome to antisemitism Irish style at 7 October remembrance.

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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My reply to Irish PEN, where am member, on flotilla interception statement. Theirs is personally offensive, at times factually incorrect, divisive, hurtful, coming on Yom Kippur and events in Manchester. If slightest sense of decency board should consider positions www.gregdinner.com/ruminations/...

My reply to Irish PEN, where am member. The statement is personally offensive, at times factually incorrect, divisive, hurtful, particularly coming on Yom Kippur and events in Manchester. If slightest sense of decency board should consider positions. www.gregdinner.com/ruminations/...

As good an analysis as can be found. Thoughful, considerate. Wonder if anyone will consider beyond a wall of present day hate?
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Congratulations

Or South Sudan or Congo or women of Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen or indeed those being deported by Trump Admin held in El Salvador and elsewhere. Here obsession is OCD (and UCD and Trinity and...and...)

Joint Statement

We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled Egyptian journalists – specifically Egyptian journalist @basmamostafa.bsky.social.

Read the full Statement: penberlin.de/basma-mostafa/

Exhibitions = @avia.gurman.artist See Instagram 'Exhibitions' highlights from Avia Gurman (@avia.gurman.artist)

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I have two photographs in this exhibition, photographs Bearing Witness from my time in Ukraine, if anyone is in Scarriff from 17th June.

One Writer's response to Irish PEN_PEN na hÉireann Statement on Gaza (1) A RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT ISSUED BY IRISH PEN/PEN na hÉireann WHY I CANNOT SIGN IRISH PEN LETTER ON GAZA I have been a proud and supportive member of Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann now for a number of y...

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On 4.6 Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann put out a statement on Gaza to the media, inviting members, and all writers, to sign and endorse. It was a statement I had hoped I could sign. It was a statement that I could not sign. Here are my reasons for not doing so. www.gregdinner.com/ruminations

Trump and the far right don’t fight antisemitism. They exploit it | Opinion As one Democratic lawmaker asked his GOP colleagues: “Do you condemn Trump’s pardoning of the Jan. 6 felon who praised Hitler?” | Opinion

"Please don’t be deluded by Trumpian false claims of protecting Jews on campus. The real bull’s-eye is on education and on democracy itself," writes former university president Elaine Maimon.
www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

Available from your local independent bookseller or online bookstore. A journey from the Pale of Settlement to WWII Poland, from Sarejevo in the 1990s to Jersusalm and the Polish/Ukraine border today. A story of memory. Of what is lost... and what is found.

OPINION: Lost for words, torn between silence and sorrow - Jewish News British Jews feel the pain of Israel’s trauma and moral weight of Gaza’s suffering – and are struggling to voice both

Agreed. Wholeheartedly.
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EU: Open letter on the assault of human rights in Türkiye   — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide 16 May 2025: The jailing by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government of a key political opponent is a blatant repudiation of the rights to political association and participation, 58 rights, media,...

#EU: We join Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and partners in urging the #EU to issue an effective and bold response to the Erdoğan government’s major blow to the rule of law and human rights in #Türkiye.

Read our statement: www.pen-international.org/news/eu-open...

Tetyana Teren Книжка Victoria Amelina Looking at Women, Looking at War ввійшла до короткого списку The Orwell Prize. Так би хотіла, щоб ця новина розвіяла твої несправедливі сумніви щодо сили твого таланту і...

Wonderful, if sad, news.
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#standupspeakoutbeproud #neveragainmeansneveragain | Leo Pearlman | 19 comments This week Kanye West released a song with accompanying video called “Heil Hitler.” It’s part of an upcoming album titled "Cuck", a word drawn from alt-right internet slang & includes suc...

Shouts of outrage?
Deafening.
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A Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech - PEN America No federal administration has moved as swiftly to exert broad new controls over what people can say, read, learn, research, and think.

#USA: PEN International shares deep concern over ongoing threats to free expression in the U.S. under the Trump administration. We stand with @PENAm in urging action.

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Out today in paperback and ebook, as well as in hardback. Readers, take a look... More info at www.gregdinner.com

We were deeply moved to hear Tomi Reichental at our Yom HaShoah ceremony in assoc with the Jewish Rep Council last Sunday.

Honoured to have Nuria Zyden, Uyghur Community Leader in Irl, light a candle for the 5m non Jews murdered in the Holocaust.

We remember & mourn all victims of the Holocaust.

Ukraine/Russian Federation: Investigate torture and death in custody of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide “PEN International utterly condemns the horrific torture of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian custody. As the Russian authorities are trying to cover up their crimes and con...

#Ukraine/RussianFederation: We condemn the horrific torture of #Ukraine journalist Viktoria Roshchyna.

As #Russia continues to act with impunity, we urge justice and accountability for Viktoria and Ukrainians held in Russian captivity.

Read more ➡️ www.pen-international.org/news/ukraine...

Release Jose Gabriel Barrenechea We offer support and solidarity. #JoseGabrielBarrenechea, #WPFD, #WPFD25, #WorldPressFreedomDay, @irishpen.bsky.social

I cannot recommend Richard Powers @richardepowers.bsky.social new novel PLAYGROUND enough. Writing, story, imagination and possibility conjoin in a brilliant work of humanity and humanism. His talent bowls me over.

Peru: Court overturn sentences and acquits the eleven indigenous and campesino human rights defenders of Cotabambas criminalised From Human Rights Defenders

What’s Happening to Young Dissidents in Türkiye Echoes Everywhere  — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide

In his first piece for our Young Writers Committee, writer, activist, and PEN International Board Member Ege Dündar reflects on youth-led protests in Türkiye, the global assault on free expression, and the urgency of cross-border solidarity.

Read it here: www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...

Freedom to Write Index 2024 - PEN America 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 America's (@penamerica.bsky.social) latest #FreedomToWrite Index recorded at least 375 writers jailed for their work in 40 countries during 2024, a stark reminder of global repression.

Read more and take action: pen.org/report/freed...