PEN America Condemns New Amendments to Russia's Foreign Agent Law
November 21, 2019
November 21, 2019
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Organization calls new amendments a threat to free speech and free expression
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Today Russian lawmakers passed legislation that would make it easier for the government to label as a foreign agent virtually any Russian citizen who receives money from overseas and then publishes information, a move PEN America said was a threat to press freedom and free expression.
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- Organization calls new amendments a threat to free speech and free expression
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Today Russian lawmakers passed legislation that would make it easier for the government to label as a foreign agent virtually any Russian citizen who receives money from overseas and then publishes information, a move PEN America said was a threat to press freedom and free expression.