Take action to protect the freedom to write and express ideas around the world and in the U.S. 

This month, to honor Banned Books Week, we ask that you write to support two writers, one harassed for her writing and activism in the U.S., one jailed (at age 70) for a 10 year sentence for writing criticism of the Turkish government policies

Featured Writers:

Writers featured at the October 3, 2020 Webinar on Banned Writers and Human Rights were:

Galal El-Behairy, journalist, Egypt, currently in prison

Mahamadou Ould Slahi, Memoir writer, Mauritania

Ahmet Altan, journalist and novelist, Turkey, currently in prison

Tsitsi Dangarembga, novelist, Zimbabwe, charged

Jamal Khashoggi, journalist, Saudi Arabia and USA, deceased

Andrea May Sahouri, journalist, USA, charged

Gayle Pitman, children's author, USA

Ken Saro-Wiwa, novelist, playwright, prose writer, Nigeria, deceased

Maria Ressa, journalist, Philippines, charged

(1)Support Turkish novelist and journalist Ahmet Altan and help get him released from prison!     

  Read Ahmet's Story

 Take a quick action here.

(2)Support Des Moines Register journalist Andrea May Sahouri charged with obstructing by being present as a journalist at a peaceful demonstration. Take a quick action here.

(3)MORE:  Each year during Banned Books Week, Amnesty International draws attention to people around the world who have been imprisoned, threatened, or murdered because of what they wrote or published or because of their work in the publishing or media industries. Go to this Amnesty International USA page to sign important petitions to protect the freedom to write!  Sign petitions here