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Dasha Sherstiuk

Dasha Sherstiuk is Communications Lead at PEN Ukraine. She is a journalist and essayist whose work has appeared in Sensor, UA.News, Suspilne, and TEDxUkraine.

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Vladyslav Yesypenko stands next to a chair bearing his name during the Empty Chairs rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 15, 2025.

We must return Ukrainian journalists still imprisoned in Russia

by Dasha Sherstiuk
On Nov. 15, the global community marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, also known as Empty Chair Day. You will not find this date in traditional calendars of public holidays, but that does not diminish the gravity of a day that reminds the world of hundreds — if not thousands — of unlawfully imprisoned writers, journalists, media workers, and cultural figures. Empty Chair Day was established by PEN International as a human rights initiative to draw attention to writers, artists, journalists,