On the fourth anniversary of his imprisonment, we call on the UK government to do more to secure Raif Badawi’s release.

While any move to strengthen freedom of expression protections is to be welcomed, it should not come at the expense of other rights including the right to privacy.

As an organisation charged with representing writers to ensure the fundamental freedoms to write, read and share thoughts, there are a number of aspects of the Investigatory Powers Bill that could threaten these freedoms were they to be made into law.

The university, like the publishing industry, should widen the kinds of writers that they read to include those who are studying them.

Scottish PEN condemns the government’s decision to introduce the Investigatory Powers Bill (IP Bill) after less than three weeks since the joint committee released its report.

Jean Rafferty describes the Worldwide Reading for Ashraf Fayadh event held in Glasgow’s Clutha Bar.

Scottish PEN is concerned by the news that Angela Haggerty has been dismissed from her position as columnist at the Sunday Herald for showing her support for fellow journalist Graham Spiers.

Scottish PEN responds to the government’s draft Investigatory Powers Bill with written evidence.