Latest posts tagged with #Congress25 on Bluesky
We're honored to have joined PEN colleagues from around the world for powerful conversations. As #Congress25 comes to a close, we are grateful to PEN International and Polish PEN for bringing together writers to discuss literature, free expression, and solidarity.
The #EmptyChair represents the absence of writers who have been jailed for their expression. We join PEN centers in calling for the release of all writers jailed for their speech, like Mohamed Tadjadit. Learn more about the writers honored with empty chairs at #Congress25: bsky.app/profile/peni...
We're proud to join the PEN network in Poland this week for the Annual Congress, where PEN centers worldwide come together. This year's theme is #FreedomOfWords, #WordsOfTheFree.
Follow @peninternational.bsky.social for highlights and updates from #Congress25.
#Ukraine: Citizen journalist & HRD Iryna Danylovych was abducted in Crimea in 2022 & sentenced to 7 years on fabricated charges. She’s faced torture & denied medical care, causing permanent hearing loss.
PEN International calls for her immediate release.
#EmptyChair #Congress25
#Venezuela: Journalist Rory Branker was disappeared in Caracas (Feb 2025) after reporting for La Patilla.
Accused without due process of “spreading false info,” his whereabouts remain unknown.
PEN International calls for his release.
#EmptyChair #FreeBranker #FreedomofWords #Congress25
#Algeria: Slam poet Mohamed Tadjadit, “The Poet of the Hirak,” was sentenced to 5 years in Jan 2025—just 4 days after arrest—for online criticism of the govt.
He now faces further charges in October. PEN International calls for his release.
#EmptyChair #FreedomofWords #WordsoftheFree #Congress25
#Belarus: Writer & journalist Andrzej Poczobut is serving 8 years on fabricated charges. Since 2021 he’s faced solitary confinement & denial of medication.
PEN International calls for his immediate release.
#EmptyChair #FreePoczobut #Congress25
#Egypt: Cartoonist & translator Ashraf Omar was arrested in July 2024 for work exposing social & political issues. He was held incommunicado & now faces false “national security” charges.
We call for his immediate release.
#EmptyChair #FreeAshrafOmar #Congress25 @penmena.bsky.social
#Mozambique: Writer, poet, and publisher Alex Barga has been detained since January 2025 for promoting a book critical of the government.
PEN International calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
#EmptyChair #FreeAlexBarga #Congress25
#China: Publisher Gui Minhai, a Swedish citizen, was abducted in 2015 & later sentenced to 10 years for selling books critical of China’s leaders. He remains silenced in prison.
PEN International calls for his immediate and unconditional release.
#EmptyChair #FreeMinhai #Congress25
#Belarus: Lawyer, writer & political prisoner Maksim Znak was sentenced to 10 years after defending opposition candidates. From prison, he wrote The Zekameron, a powerful story collection.
PEN International calls for his immediate release.
#EmptyChair #Congress25
Text of a conference abstract that says: “race and reparations” traces the development of Dr. Kylie Smith's thinking and practice as a historian of psychiatry over the last decade. Drawing on insights from her work on psychiatric nurses, the ethics of health care history research, and her newest work on segregation in southern asylums, Smith argues that the history of mental health policy and practice is indelibly shaped by its long intersection with white supremacy. This history calls into question our methods as historians, as Dr. Smith calls for a reparatory approach to the history of psychiatry in which truth telling is essential for state and professional accountability. At the same time, Dr. Smith demonstrates that this is a complex task that historians, that requires us to think carefully as historians about our approach and methods, including what stories we chose to tell, and what do we owe the dead.”
I’ve been awake since 430 tinkering with my slides so I guess I’m a bit nervous about my Hannah Lecture today at CSHM/CAHN as part of #congress25 It’s called “Race and reparations in the history of psychiatry” and is sponsored by @amshealthcare.bsky.social Ma francais est tres mal….
What a start to #May - from #student to #mentor - so proud of @stephcraigrn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk #Congress25
Voting members for the Education Forum at #Congress25. #RCN @rachaelmajor.bsky.social @sarahdone.bsky.social @allycat041.bsky.social @bearwhobakes.bsky.social @pharr2.bsky.social (@debbyhylton not available for photo). Thank you for your time and professionalism
Here at @rcn.org.uk #Congress25 in Liverpool. Some amazing, powerful speakers & resolutions being discussed & passed. Always proud to be a nurse but even more so here this week
Agenda Committee wear pink T-shirts so we can easily be seen in the hall for @rcn.org.uk #Congress25 so naturally I’ve had my nails done to match!
Who’s coming to @rcn.org.uk Congress 2025? Don’t be a stranger - give me a wave & have a chat - I can’t wait to meet friends old & new
#Congress25
Checking out the plans for #Congress25 with @rcn.org.uk - staff have worked hard & listened to all our feedback - it’s going to be great - have you registered?
@biscuitnurse.bsky.social @linb.bsky.social
The RCN have created a Congress video to explain the event here 👇🏻 #Congress25 @rcn.org.uk
youtu.be/SLGBLyoIpHU
@rcn.org.uk #Congress25 is just around the corner.
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