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26 December 2024 marked the fifth anniversary of the crackdown on the “Xiamen gathering”, a private gathering that about 20…
NEW YORK—Reports today announced that imprisoned essayist Xu Zhiyong is on day 20 of a hunger strike to protest his…
Iran remained the leading jailer of female writers globally, many for their advocacy against mandatory hijab
There were 339 writers from 33 countries jailed in 2023, an increase of 62 writers compared to 2022 and 101…
PEN America condemns the unjust conviction and sentencing of Chinese labor and women’s rights activist Li Qiaochu. Li, who is…
PEN America condemns a Chinese court’s decision to give novelist, pro-democracy blogger, and political commentator Yang Hengjun a suspended death…
During 2021, Myanmar accounted for the single-largest increase of writers and public intellectuals newly jailed for exercising free expression, due…
