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Toxic Narratives: Silencing Expression in the Western Balkans

18 October: PEN International, in collaboration with PEN Bosnia and Herzegovina, PEN Kosovo, the Montenegrin PEN Centre, and Serbian PEN, is proud to launch a report that sheds light on the myriad of challenges faced by independent writers and journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia. Titled Toxic Narratives: Silencing Expression in the Western Balkans, this pivotal report marks a crucial milestone in the fight for freedom of expression, opinion, and access to information in the Western Balkans region.

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