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Give a Boy a Gun!
“Give me the money!” I thought he was my homie, I guess not! He fucked me over one day after class. In the store He screamed “Give me the money!” More
Uyghur Journalist and Editor Detained
International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of Uyghur journalist and editor Hailaite Niyazi, who was reportedly arrested in October 2009. More
PEN Appeal: Hailaite Niyazi
November 30, 2009 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Chairman of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Regional People's GovernmentC Nur Bekri Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu… More
Four Selected Poems
Four Selected Poems1. To A FriendWe ever drank the same water in Yong RiverAnd became crazy youth in campus one after another.We will meet as firmly as a rock… More
PEN Appeal: Ragip Zarakolu and Mehmet Güler
June 15, 2010 Mr Sadullah Ergin Minister of Justice 06669 Kizilay Ankara, Turkey Fax: 00 90 312 419 3370 Your Excellency, On behalf of the… More
Publisher Ragıp Zarakolu Acquitted – Writer Mehmet Güler Sentenced to 15 Months
Ragip Zarakolu, publisher and human rights activist, who has been subject to harassment, trials, and periods of imprisonment since the 1970s, was acquitted at a hearing on June 10,… More
A Chair Full of Ashes
Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest. —Emerson When I was six, my father inherited some money. With it, he bought some property and built… More
The Restless Himalayas
It should be known that understanding the realm and range of Tibet and understanding that Tibet was formerly a viable independent nation before being colonized by China is of… More
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