Pen International has produced The Writers in Prison Committee Handbook (PDF). This document offers a guide to advocating on behalf of detained writers, while also outlining the work and campaigns of the Writers in Prison Committee. This handbook provides advice on how activists can oppose the persecution of writers, journalists, and other literary professionals.

Details on current campaigns related to this issue can be found here.

A case list of writers currently being incarcerated as a result of their writing can be found here.