Canti

You, hills and shores, / the splendor past that turned / the veil of night to silver in the west, / will not stay orphaned long More

Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: One Year Later

[caption id="attachment_6814" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair. Photo by Sarah Hoffman."][/caption] Today marks three years since Liu Xiaobo was detained and began an odyssey into China’s legal system, which… More

Three Poems

I admit, / I’m an unnecessarily handsome / knockabout, nightly drunk to no apparent / effect. But, it’s nice to be worried about. / It’s almost like being cared… More

PEN Appeal: Ahmed Mansoor and Nasser Bin Gheith

December 2, 2011 Vice-President and Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Co-Chair of the Higher National Security Council Office of the Prime Minister POB 2838, Dubai, UAE Fax: +971 4 3531974 Minister of Interior Lt-General Sheikh… More

PEN Appeal: Dzamshid Karimov

December 2, 2011 President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam A. Karimov Rezidentsiya Prezidenta Ul. Uzbekistaniskaia 43 Tashkent Uzbekistan Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Sayora Rashidova 700008 g. Tashkent pl. Mustqkillik, 2 Oliy Majlis Respubliki Uzbekistan Fax: +998 71 139 8555 Your… More

PEN Appeal: Pham Minh Hoang

December 2, 2011 President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam His Excellency Nguyên Minh Triêt Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hanoi Socialist Republic of Vietnam Minister of Public Security Lt Gen Tran Dai Quang Ministry of Public… More