Today is International #RomaDay: a day to celebrate #Romani history & cultural heritage, but also to raise awareness on discrimination & racism they have been experiencing. Our thoughts are with global #Roma & #Traveller communities. Love, peace, and solidarity ❤️🕊✊️ #OpreRoma

Today is International #RomaDay: a day to celebrate #Romani history & cultural heritage, but also to raise awareness on discrimination & racism they have been experiencing. Our thoughts are with global #Roma & #Traveller communities.
Love, peace, and solidarity ❤️🕊✊️
#OpreRoma

Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law.

Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures.

They must be respected and protected.

Journalists are #NotATarget.

Abdelsalama Wahali Brahim: Oorzunu-ã (La pitié) Tudaga (Toubou/tedu/teda) Mosko Hanadii-ĩ YouTube video by Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee of PI

Today we share a poem from @pen-tlrc.bsky.social read in Tudaga (Tebu/Teda), the language of the Toubou, an Indigenous people of the central Sahara living in northern Chad, Niger and southern Libya. Its alphabet, developed in 1998, is now taught in schools in southern Libya.

youtu.be/xl7jaZKXJV0

Uganda : Journalist abducted and detained by security agents / IFJ Journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose of DigiTalk Media was abducted by plain- clothed officials on 29 March in the capital Kampala, after coming out from a radio talk show in which he was invited as a gue...

#Uganda: Journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose of DigiTalk Media was abducted by plain-clothed officials on 29 March in Kampala. We condemn this violent act orchestrated to intimidate journalists and suppress media freedom and freedom of expression. @abellanger.bsky.social

School librarians told to remove art books with 'paintings of nudes' The 'insane' trend was revealed by a delegate at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU), saying she had heard 'many accounts' of art books being cut.

#UK: Since breaking our investigation into book‑banning in Greater Manchester, more cases of censorship have come to light. Including reports that school librarians are being told to remove art books featuring historic nude paintings ⬇️ www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Happy International Fact-Checking Day!
➡Stay vigilant,
➡Check your sources
➡and rely on quality, independent media
#PressFreedom #factchecking

UN experts said the targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists constitutes another egregious attack on press freedom by Israeli forces and must be promptly, fully and independently investigated by an international body.

Read the statement ⤵️
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

📷 AP/Mohammed Zaatari

#womenshistorymonth ends. The recent war on Iran is on the news daily, but almost only military and ideological topics are discussed. These two films look at other equally important aspects in Iranian history: women scholars, women poets, and women in cinema. ♀️
Love, peace, and solidarity ❤️🕊✊️

NUJ condemns the killing of three journalists in Lebanon The NUJ has joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in condemning the targeted killing of three Lebanese journalists in an Israeli drone strike on a media car in Jezzine, southern Leb...

Séamus Dooley, NUJ assistant general secretary said: “We condemn this latest egregious attack by Israel forces on a clearly marked media van, in clear violation of international law."

www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

One month into the Iran war, CPJ reiterates the importance of journalism in providing vital information to civilians living through it. Journalists have been harassed, threatened, and obstructed from reporting throughout the Middle East.

EU: Visa policies obstruct mobility of journalists from Türkiye — PEN International | Promoting Literature & Defending Freedom of Expression Worldwide ‍ 26 March 2026: PEN International joins the International Press Institute, and other press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations in calling on EU leaders to addr...

We join @globalfreemedia.bsky.social and partners in urging EU leaders to facilitate the professional mobility of journalists from #Türkiye. Read our open letter: www.pen-international.org/news/eu-visa...

Türkiye: Joint letter to the EU on current visa policies obstructing Turkish journalists' mobility / IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), together with other press freedom, freedom of expression, journalists’ and human rights organisations, calls for the establishment of a targeted &quo...

#Türkiye: Current #EU visa policies obstruct Turkish journalists' mobility. Together with other organisations, we sent a joint letter to the EU calling for the establishment of a targeted "visa corridor" for recognised media professionals. @europeanjournalists.org

Why NUJ members will join the Together Alliance demo on 28 March This Saturday NUJ members from across the UK and Ireland will march together in hope and solidarity against the far right.

Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary said: “The burden of fighting the far right must not fall on those who are most targeted by it. It is not the responsibility of those who experience racism and discrimination to fight these battles alone."

www.nuj.org.uk/resource/why...

Graphic by PEN International with the text “25 Years, 12 Voices.” and the name “Fessehaye ‘Joshua’ Yohannes – Writer, journalist, poet, playwright.” Next to the text is a photograph of a smiling man with a beard and short curly hair, wearing a light-coloured shirt, seated indoors. He was an Eritrean writer and journalist who was arrested in 2001 and has not been seen since.

#FreeEritreas12: Fessehaye ‘Joshua’ Yohannes, Eritrean playwright, poet and journalis. For nearly 25 years, he has been imprisoned without charge or trial. His fate and whereabouts remain unknown.

We demand proof of life.

Find out more: www.pen-international.org/our-campaign...

The exclusion of Palestinian voices means the same mistakes are being made on Gaza - Index on Censorship In 1993, the Oslo Accords promised peace in the Middle East. Thirty-two years on, a new peace initiative seeks to extract the same out of the wreckage of Gaza, but the same mistakes are being made

The exclusion of Palestinian voices means the same mistakes are being made on #Gaza.

Palestinian lawyer, human rights activist and writer, Raja Shehadeh writes ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/the-...

Red background graphic from PEN International featuring a black line drawing of a flower on the right. On the left, white text displays a poem about small yellow flowers growing beside a tent among stones and dust, symbolizing resilience and sadness. The poem is attributed to Yousef Al-Qedra, whose name appears at the bottom. The PEN International logo is at the top left.

Writers in Gaza continue to write through war and loss. We have published a collection of writing and testimonies from the ground, and in memory of writers killed since October 2023.

Read the collection and testimonies: www.pen-international.org/gaza-collect...

Five busy days in Brussels. It's a hectic conference. Just when I lost my hope of seeing a real cat before leaving Brussels, a miracle happened. 3 hours before my return flight, this cute little kitty appeared on a pavement - as if she wanted to wish me a safe journey! 😻❤️🥰🐈🐾
#cats #kittens #catlover

Dear friends, March is #WomensHistoryMonth. ♀️
We start with two documentaries.
One is about domestic worker women from the Philippines in Hong Kong and their dreams, and the second one is about a Chinese girl's highly personal family history.
Love, peace, and solidarity ❤️🕊✊️

As authoritarianism gains ground, women journalists are increasingly bearing the brunt of an accelerating global crackdown on press freedom.

This year, IPI is marking #IWD2026 by telling the stories of women journalists imprisoned around the world for their work.

🔗 buff.ly/9HxwrzU

After exposing political scandals and abuses of power in Indonesia, journalist Francisca Christy Rosana from @tempodotco.bsky.social became the target of a wave of intimidation. She has faced doxxing, social media threats, and at one point, she even received a package containing a pig’s head.

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press led a coalition of more than 40 press freedom, human rights, and media organizations in a joint statement calling for the release of journalist Estefany Rodríguez from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody.

Read more: lnkd.in/ewQ6kKfu

Journalists face a wide range of digital threats and it’s increasingly important to protect yourself and your sources.

Check out CPJ’s updated guidance on securing your devices and using encrypted communications ⤵️ cpj.org/2019/07/digi...

Thank you for commemorating the journalists and media workers we lost in 2025 by lighting a candle in our digital vigil.

Each 🕯️you light represents an act of solidarity & resistance.

If you would like to honour their memory, you can light a candle here:
internifj-ux.github.io/Light-a-cand...

Statement on US-Israel attacks against Iran The joint military attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran and subsequent retaliatory strikes put at risk the lives of many civilians, including journalists.

NUJ statement on US-Israel attacks against Iran and the need to protect civilians, including journalists:

www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sta...

In memoriam: Six years ago, we lost Ernesto Cardenal, the great soul of Nicaragua. His poems, speeches, and ecological sanctuary Solentiname will continue to inspire & guide us forever.
Love, peace, and solidarity. ❤️🕊✊️
#poetry #ErnestoCardenal #Solentiname #Nicaragua

@peninternational.bsky.social

Voices Without Borders:
Dinaw Mengestu, Burhan Sönmez, Kao Kalia Yang, Jonas Attilus, Hawra Alnabi -
Friday, February 27, 2026
6:00 PM CT
East Side Freedom Library
1105 Greenbrier Street Saint Paul, MN 55106.
pen.org/event/voices...

Bread, Borders & Belongings:
Dinaw Mengestu, Burhan Sönmez, Padma Lakshmi, Victoria Blanco, Ollie Schminkey, Monica Rojas
Saturday, February 28, 2026
6:00 PM CT
Open Book
1011 Washington Avenue South Minneapolis
pen.org/event/bread-...

😢🖤🕊 Journalism is not a crime. #JournalismIsNotACrime

#Slovakia: Saturday marked eight years since the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. They were killed in retaliation for Kuciak’s investigative reporting into corruption.

Author Michal Hvorecký reflects on Kuciak’s legacy ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/02/eigh...

😢🖤🕊🙏 #JournalismIsNotACrime