Scottish PEN joins PEN International in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Wai Moe Naing, and for all charges against him to be dropped.

[RESCHEDULED] – Due to the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, events at the Scottish Parliament have been cancelled until after the funeral. Please note the change in date for this event below. Scottish PEN are holding a vigil for Daphne Caruana Galizia, a journalist assassinated in Malta on 16th October 2017. Nearly 5 years on, those […]

The Board of Trustees of Scottish PEN was horrified to learn of the attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua, New York, on 12 August. Our President, Ricky Monahan Brown, immediately joined our colleagues at English PEN in conveying the best wishes of our membership for Sir Salman and offering our solidarity with our friends at […]

Scottish PEN condemns the killings of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and Ghufran Hamed Warasneh, identified by the National Press Club as a journalism graduate working for Dream, a local news agency.