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“I know my husband shares this hope, hope that the democratic world will unite against Vladimir Putin’s aggression,” Yesypenko said. She spoke about her recent trip to Washington, where she urged government officials to end the prosecution of independent journalists who wish to write and speak freely. Since Yesypenko is currently serving a six-year sentence in a Russian labor colony, the award was accepted by his wife, Kateryna Yesypenko. “In his work as a journalist, he has sacrificed his own freedom to bring to us the stories and the truths of the people of Ukraine.”ĭouglas continued, “Like so many of us, I’ve been awed by the bravery of the people of Ukraine today and they are a powerful resistance for the campaign by Putin and the Russian regime to wipe the country of its culture and its history right off the map.” “He is a courageous truth-teller, a patriot, a beloved father and husband,” Douglas said. “We just have to continue to fight for the free speech that this country was founded on.” “It’s quite evident of their own prejudices when they tout these principles and then they don’t apply them to people like me,” Petocz told Variety. Petocz said it’s interesting to see how the Republican Party defends the right to free speech but doesn’t apply the same standards to marginalized communities. “What Jack and his fellow students are doing is so important: mobilizing against bans and bigotry, contesting adults who attempt to impose narrow thinking on wide communities,” Dillon said. “Billions” star Asia Kate Dillonpresented the PEN/Benenson Freedom of Expression Courage Award to Jack Petocz, a high school activist who was suspended earlier this year for passing out Pride flags during a protest of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

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Cory Booker at the PEN America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on May 23. Asia Kate Dillon is an American actress, producer, and director known for portraying various important roles in popular TV shows like Taylor Mason in Billions and Brandy Epps in Orange Is the New Black.

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