For readers outside Bangladesh, the fall of an autocrat might sound like an ending—the final scene, the credits rolling. Inside the country, it has felt more like the first morning after: disorienting...

In February 2021, the military in Myanmar staged a coup against the democratically elected government. The massive protests that followed were brutally suppressed, and freedom of expression has been...

On November 1st 2024 concrete canopy of the newly renovated main railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia collapsed and killed 16 people. This ignited series of ongoing massive protests against corruption...

Writer and PEN Afghanistan member Neelufer Suhrabie writes about that fateful Sunday in August 2021, when the Taliban made their way to the gates of Kabul to seize power for the first time since the...

“Everyone has the right to tell stories, and everyone should have access to ways of learning to improve and hone their storytelling skills – whether at university or whether in a small village far...

Since December 2022, Louis D.Hall has been working as a manager for NGO Insulate Ukraine. The NGO creates shatterproof, insulating windows for civilians living in the war-torn areas. For PEN/Opp he...

Ege Dündar was only 19 when his father was imprisoned in Turkey and his life took a different turn. For PEN/Opp he writes about the escape, repression and attacks on his family, but also about the...