Scottish PEN
Scottish centre of @pen_int. Committed to promoting literature and defending freedom of expression. RTs ≠ endorsement. Join: bit.ly/201zvHC
- Scottish PEN is overjoyed at the outcome of the trial of 6 activists held on remand without trial for 16 months. It underlines the importance of jury trials & highlights the need to deproscribe Palestine Action. Our solidarity with the activists & may justice continue to prevail. #Filton24
- Scottish PEN is deeply saddened & disturbed by this news, which has a serious impact on our members and the Scottish arts scene in general. We're appalled by the sudden sacking of all CCA staff & extend our support to them. We're also alarmed by reports of financial mismanagement by the CCA Board.
- “Peaceful protest & solidarity should never be a crime, & nor should defending the right of others to protest peacefully. I hope that this decision will be a crucial step in overturning this ridiculous anti-democratic law.” ~ Maggie Chapman (Scottish Greens) greens.scot/news/palesti...
- Scottish PEN has always opposed the proscription of #PalestineAction and welcomes the attempt by Craig Murray to overturn this ban in Scotland.
- Writer, activist and Vice-President of Scottish PEN, Lizzie Eldridge, appeared on the Palestine International Broadcast again, last week. Lizzie writes, “Every time I meet the presenter, Osama, my heart breaks for his strength, dignity, brilliance and humanity.” youtu.be/AdcwT6BpJuo?...
- As an organisation pledged to oppose suppression of freedom of expression, Scottish PEN is also committed to advocating for personal privacy. Therefore, we will not be providing details required for age verification on this site at this time, not least due to the nature of the data requested. 1/2
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- 99 months ago today #DaphneCaruanaGalizia was assassinated in #Malta. The person who ordered and organised her brutal murder & put it into action has still not been convicted. Scottish PEN continues to fight for #JusticeForDaphne and always will until justice is done. @peninternational.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Scottish PEN#Iran: 26-year-old protester #ErfanSoltani reportedly faces execution tomorrow, without formal charges or a lawyer. The authorities in #Iran continue to brutally crackdown on protestors. We must all raise our voice for Soltani and call for the sentence to be overturned.
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- Scottish PEN gives its full support to @craigmurrayorg.bsky.social in his bid to launch a judicial review of the proscription of #PalestineAction in Scotland. We renew our ongoing support for pro-Palestine activists imprisoned, arrested & criminalised by repressive & absurd 'laws'.
- Reposted by Scottish PEN#Türkiye: The hearing of @pensweden.bsky.social member Joakim Medin has been postponed to 7 May 2026. We reiterate calls for an end to his judicial harassment and for bogus terror-related charges to be dropped at once. Read more on the case ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/trkiye-...
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- Scottish PEN applauds all writers boycotting the Adelaide Writers Festival on its shameful decision to cancel Palestinian-Australian writer, Randa Abdel-Fattah. The Zionist lobby is the voice of genocidal Israel. We condemn all attempts to repress Palestinian voices. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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- Reposted by Scottish PENStatement: Jewish Council Condemns Adelaide Festival Removal of Dr. Randa Abdel-Fattah
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- Reposted by Scottish PENSo a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
- Scottish PEN abhors the silence of the government as young political prisoners are left to die. We support the demands of the hunger strikers in their right to bail, to a fair trial, end censorship, deproscribe Palestine Action, & shut Elbit down. www.thenational.scot/news/2574440...
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- Reposted by Scottish PENCFP: 18th International Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Scottish Language, Literature, & Culture 1–4 July, @bristoluni.bsky.social Deadline (extended): 15 January 2026. See link for details 👇 #medievalsky #callforpapers icmrsllc2026.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/call-for-pap...
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- Reposted by Scottish PEN#Iran: We've seen disturbing videos of forces entering hospitals to attack protesters. To now be silencing free speech through fear and violence in places of healing is an extreme escalation. It must be condemned loudly and immediately.
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- Reposted by Scottish PENAljaž Koprivnikar, speaking for @pen-tlrc.bsky.social highlights the importance of respecting diverse languages and how translation can be used as a tool to build bridges between cultures. Join our Indigenous and Minoritised languages Videopoems Marathon: www.pen-international.org/committee-ne...
- 98 months today #DaphneCaruanaGalizia was assassinated in #Malta for exposing corruption. The corruption continues as does the fight for #JusticeForDaphne Scottish PEN stands with Daphne's family and all those ensuring justice will be done @peninternational.bsky.social
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- Scottish PEN condemns the use of violence against our Vice President @lizzie4.bsky.social and her fellow protesters. We are appalled that this government is clamping down on the #RightToProtest & #FreedomofExpression, & using brute force to do so. www.thenational.scot/news/2569150...
- Scottish PEN gives a big thank you to @alisonphipps.bsky.social for her inspirational talk about #Gaza #Palestine, about her phenomenal work, & the 'menace of hope' which fuelled the evening. A night to remember. Thanks,too, to @ruthaylett.bsky.social & @lynndaw.bsky.social for organising this event
- "You cannot protect the majority’s rights by attacking the rights of minorities. That is the opposite of universal human rights." @amnestyuk.bsky.social Scottish PEN supports Amnesty in its condemnation of this latest attempt to undermine human rights. www.thenational.scot/news/2568613...
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- Reposted by Scottish PENHow many times do we need to point this out? By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it. While weakening your own position. There's a vast amount of academic research showing this. But Labour will not listen. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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- Reposted by Scottish PENDec. 5, 1925: Langston Hughes at work as a waiter at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. At around this time he comes across the poet Vachel Lindsay at the hotel and shows him some of his own poetry, an encounter that will lead to Hughes being published.
- Scottish PEN supports the international global campaign to free #MarwanBarghouti We condemn his continued imprisonment, his violent mistreatment & denial of legal rights whilst imprisoned. @amnestyuk.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @englishpen.bsky.social www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
- Scottish PEN mourns the loss of #RefaatAlareer, murdered by Israel 2 years ago today. So many writers, artists, academics & thinkers have been murdered in this barbaric genocide. We actively condemn Israel's actions & the role of the West in these war crimes. electronicintifada.net/content/refa...
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- Scottish PEN has issued a statement in solidarity with writers, artists and activists in Scotland subject to the abuse of terror laws. See the image or visit our website for the full text.
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