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Free Expression Digest: Mon., January 4
Hong Kong publisher disappearances prompt broader worries, Iran says U.S. wants prisoner-exchange deal for Jason Rezaian. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., December 31
Two sentenced to death in Bangladesh blogger's murder, Jailed Iranian activist's health worsens, China frees brothers of U.S. reporter. More
Free Expression Digest: Weds., December 30th
Turkish journalist faces five years in prison for ‘insulting’ Erdogan A lawsuit has been opened against the editor-in-chief of Turkey’s leading secular Hürriyet newspaper, Sedat Ergin, with a demand that… More
Free Expression Digest: Tues., December 29
Report: 69 journalists killed in 2015, A farewell to Syrian activist Naji al-Jerf, Cambodian PM warns Facebook users. More
Free Expression Digest: Mon., December 28
Anti-Islamic state journalist murdered, French journalist in China expelled, Azerbaijani journalist jailed. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., December 24
Japan silent on missing journalist in Syria, Bangladeshi reporter's body found, China court jails former financial journalist. More
China: Prominent author, Wang Lixong, barred from travelling
PEN is deeply concerned at the news that prominent Chinese author Wang Lixiong was barred from traveling to Japan on 16 December 2015 apparently due to concerns that his… More
Free Expression Digest: Weds., December 23
Twitter deletes journalist's tweet on bank's request, Kenyan blogger summoned to court, Biafran activist charged just days after court-ordered release. More
China Effectively Ends Career of Prominent Human Rights Lawyer in Continuing Crackdown on Free Speech
China’s sentencing of Pu Zhiqiang is the latest example in an ongoing crackdown by President Xi Jinping’s administration against activists, human rights lawyers, and writers. More
Iran: Upcoming appeal of prominent Kurdish filmmaker Keywan Karimi
PEN calls on Iranian authorities to accept filmmaker Keyvan Karimi's appeal and overturn his conviction and sentence of six years' imprisonment and 223 lashes. More