Articles

"Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent spent more than six years in prison for his journalistic work. To PEN/Opp Magazine, he described life behind bars and how letters, solidarity and literature kept him alive."

"I am standing here to share my story, but in truth, it is the story of a war-torn country. It is the story of young people who watched their dreams vanish into the rubble of destruction. But most importantly, it is the story of vulnerable, yet incredibly resilient communities."

"Time for Indigenous peoples is not linear. It is an overlapping spiral where the past, present and future are happening all at once. It is called the Everywhen. Indigenous writers can imagine the apocalypse because our Ancestors lived through it."

"Former Pussy Riot member Olga Borisova explains to Index on Censorship how she became a political dissident."

"It is impossible not to rebel against such an injustice being done to someone who loves life and living as much as you do dad. But I am no longer rebelling; I am being patient. Because in this struggle, I know that in the end, the good will prevail."

"We do need one another - even when we disagree. We have to acknowledge our sameness... Because in just a few weeks' time, it's as if global tectonic plates shifted under our feet and we've gone past a point of no return."

"On the morning of August 5, 2024, I woke to a silence that felt ominous. For weeks, Dhaka—the sprawling, restless capital of Bangladesh, home to more than 20 million people—had been alive with defiance. Students filled the streets chanting against the government, their voices punctuated by the crack of flash grenades and the sting of live rounds fired into crowds."