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PEN Appeal: Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov

August 18, 2008 Minister of Internal Affairs Bahodir MATLIUBOV Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del RU ul. Junus Rajabiy 1 Tashkent 700029 UZBEKISTAN Fax: + 998 71 233 89 34 Deputy Prosecutor General Alisher SHARAFUTDINOV Prokuratura Respubliki Uzbekistan ul. Gulyamova… More

Journalist Imprisoned Since June

International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of independent journalist and human-rights defender Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov, who was arrested by the police in early June 2008. More

Internet Writer Bui Kim Thành Released

International PEN welcomes the release on July 11, 2008, of Bui Kim Thành, Internet writer, dissident, and lawyer, after being held for five months in psychiatric detention, apparently without… More

Songwriter Detained for Lyrics

PEN fears that well-known singer-songwriter Lapiro de Mbanga’s detention is in violation of his right to freedom of expression. More

Days of Illegal Detention

Once again, on the afternoon of December 14, I was interrogated by agents of the Pudong Subdistrict Security Bureau. After two hours of small talk, they had asked about… More

Ding Xiao

October 26, 2006I met Ding Xiao under somewhat unusual circumstances. She was my neighbor when I lived on the fourth floor of Building 18 in Gangxia Village, Shenzheng City.… More

How Big a Character is Xin

Between heaven and earth, the flakes of snow are fluttering and dancing, as if writing a letter . . . Oh! How big a letter! How big a book! When I was teaching… More

A Killing Trip

1.I ran into my cousin Gyatso in a bar next to my work unit. Without chatting much he invited me to join a trip to Terdrom Hot Spring next… More