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19/05/2026

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25/04/2026

What does it cost to speak freely in 2026?

For too many writers around the world, the answer is prison, exile, censorship or violence.

Writers Under Siege: Defying Silence – PEN International Case List 2026 documents the persecution of writers and journalists across every region of the world, but it also tells a story of resistance and international solidarity.

Read the full Case List, and amplify the voices that governments want to silence.

https://www.pen-international.org/news/writers-under-siege-defying-silence-pen-international-case-list-2026

15/04/2026

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested after reporting on friendly fire incident during US conflict with Iran

15/04/2026

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The Cambodian American Literary Arts Association is proud to uplift poets in our community and partner with Clemente Park Committee to present original poetry on the Khmer New Year stage 📚

Please join us on Saturday April 18, 2026 for the 16th Khmer New Year at Roberto Clemente Park (Pailin Park) to see Lina Chap share her poem and to celebrate Year of the Horse 🐴

About Lina
I was born and raised in Kampot, Cambodia. I came to U.S at the age of 21 with very little or no English background. I am a self-taught English learner. I am a mother of two children, my son is 21 years old and currently studying at MIT, junior year. My daughter is 18 years old, senior year, high school, Innovation Chater Academy, Tyngsboro.
I am currently working in pharmaceutical company (Brystole Myers Squibb). My role is Quality Control Microbiology Specialist.
I hold an associate degree of Medical Laboratory Technology from Middlesex Community College. I joined the Devens Cell Therapy QC Microbiology team in December 2021 as a contractor, quickly establishing myself as an integral member of the team. Prior to BMS, I worked at Azonix Corporation for more than 12 years, working on integration to testing computer systems such as oil drilling and oil finding systems, and defense products for the U.S. Navy. I also worked as an intern at Lowell General Hospital as a medical lab technician for 2 years and did a blood bank practicum at Holy Family Hospital in Haverhill, MA.
Outside of work, I like to travel and get inspiration to write poems. Writing poems is my hobby. My poems are about bitter/sweet of life experiences, resilience, strength, stillness, silence, women empower to independently pursue their career.

26/03/2026

: Fessehaye ‘Joshua’ Yohannes, Eritrean playwright, poet and journalist, in September 2001, during the government’s crackdown on independent media, he was jailed in an unknown location.

For nearly 25 years, he has been imprisoned without charge or trial. His fate and whereabouts remain unknown.

PEN International, PEN Eritrea in Exile, and PEN Centres worldwide demand proof of life. ?

Find out more: https://www.pen-international.org/our-campaigns/worlds-longest-jailed-writers-and-journalists-eritrea

24/03/2026

Friulian is spoken mainly in Friuli, a region in northeastern Italy (about 600,000 speakers), and is one of the largest minoritised languages in the country....

21/03/2026

World poetry Day

20/03/2026

We are so sorry for losing him.

08/03/2026

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📚 Poet 📚

Join us for the opening ceremony of CALAA’s Cambodian American Literary Arts Festival and hear poetry from Tararith Kho!

TARARITH KHO is a Cambodian author and poet, who has been working earnestly to revive Cambodian literature by establishing two literary associations in Cambodia: Nou Hach Journal and Sower Association. He is also a founder of PEN Cambodia. Kho Tararith received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Royal University of Phnom Penh (1999) and a Master Degree in political science from Chomreoun Poly-technique University in Phnom Penh (2004), Cambodia. Over the years, Kho Tararith was working as a writer and media reporter for a local radio station and producing some substantial literary works including Ashamed (2012), Red Print (2010), Regretful (2009), Khmer Nigeria (Poetry collection, 2011), The Cage (a poem, 2008), Culture Shouldn’t Stay Alone (2006), Lesson of Life (1998). In recent years, Kho Tararith has been awarded a literary scholarship as a fellow at Brown University and then Harvard. He is a founding member and the workshop instructor/educator of the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association.

🗓 Saturday, March 14, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Western Ave, 122 Western Ave, Lowell, MA 01851

05/03/2026

ដើម្បីអបអរទិវាជាតិអំណាន លើកទី ១១ សូមប្តូរស៊ុមប្រូហ្វាល់ទាំងអស់គ្នាណា៎ តាមរយៈតំណភ្ជាប់ខាងក្រោម៖

https://twb.nz/bookfairforreadingday032026

🗓ថ្ងៃទី ១១-១២-១៣-១៤-១៥ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០២៦ (ពុធ-ព្រហស្បតិ៍-សុក្រ-សៅរ៍-អាទិត្យ)
⏰ ចាប់ពីម៉ោង ៨:០០ ព្រឹក ដល់ ៨:០០ យប់
📍ទីតាំង៖ វិទ្យាស្ថានបច្ចេកវិទ្យាកម្ពុជា
👉ចូលរួមដោយសេរី!!!
#ពិព័រណ៍សៀវភៅកម្ពុជា #ទិវាជាតិអំណានលើកទី១១