PEN International

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Defending freedom of expression and promoting literature worldwide since 1921.

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We reiterate our call on the international community to immediately enforce an arms embargo on all parties to the conflict, a ban on the export of all weapons used by Israel in its persistent and intentional targeting of Palestinian civilians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory. (4/5)

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PEN International renews its call for an immediate end to the genocide and the siege on Gaza, for accountability for gross violations of human rights, and for an end to the apartheid regime and the occupation of Palestinian territory. (3/5)

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We also remember the victims of the Hamas-led attacks and reiterate that the deliberate targeting of civilians and hostage-taking are grave crimes under international law, all indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and ethnic cleansing. (2/5)

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On day two of our General Assembly, delegates begin to set out why our founding mission matters as much now as it did in 1921.

In a world filling up with artificial voices our priority is to defend the human voice and to protect the freedom to read and write for everyone.

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Storytelling has always been how we understand the world around us, so writers and readers deserve a say in what comes next.

As Burhan Sonmez warns, we must address the risks of AI now, before its future is shaped entirely by commercial interests or political power.

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