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PEN Honors Ilham Tohti with PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
PEN American Center announced today that it will confer the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award upon imprisoned Uyghur economist and writer Ilham Tohti. PEN hopes that… More
Fears for Safety as Uyghur PEN Member, Writer, and Academic Ilham Tohti Formally Charged
PEN is seriously concerned for the well-being of Uyghur writer, academic, and Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti, who was formally charged with “separatism” on February 20, 2014, amid a… More
Uyghur PEN Member, Writer and Academic Ilham Tohti Detained; Fears for Safety
PEN is seriously concerned for the well-being of Uyghur writer, academic, and Uyghur PEN Member Ilham Tohti, who was arrested at his home in Beijing on January 15, 2014,… More
Uighur PEN Member Ilham Tohti Barred From Travel Outside China
For the second time this spring, the Chinese government has prevented a member of PEN, the worldwide association of writers, from participating in a public program in Europe, a… More
PEN Appeal: Ilham Tohti
July 14, 2009 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Nur Bekri Chairman of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Regional People’s Government 2 Zhongshaniu Wulumuqishi 830041 Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu P.R. China … More
The PEN Pod: Keeping Hope Alive with Jewher Ilham
“Only standing up, speaking up, on my father’s behalf, on Uyghurs’ behalf, to work on something, then we can at least try to make a small change.” More
PEN America is Appalled by the Tragic Death of Renowned Uyghur Writer Nurmuhammad Tohti
PEN America: Nurmuhammad Tohti’s death is an appalling and tragic loss to the Uyghur literary community, at a time when the Chinese government is attempting to abolish the cultural… More
Jewher Ilham: My Father, My Country
While China’s president is engaging in dialogue with those who disagree with him on many issues, scores of dissidents will be languishing in the prisons that his government… More
Tohti Trial a ‘Farce,’ Says PEN American Center
Ilham Tohti, a scholar and writer who should have been a welcome ally in China’s efforts to build a harmonious society, instead faces more than a decade in… More
PEN Raises the Alarm: Reports of Secret Trial and Conviction in Tohti Case
If corroborated, this action will mar an already declining human rights record in China, where free expression is ostensibly protected under Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution. More
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