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Free Expression Digest: Wed., April 27
Mexican reporter shot dead, Ilham Tohti nominated for rights award, Israel silencing detained Palestinian journalist. More
‘The Wounds of the Uyghur People Have Not Healed’
July 5, 2015 is the sixth anniversary of the Urumqi riots in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Ilham Tohti, winner of the 2014 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award,… More
PEN Takes Action, Beijing Takes Notice
Beijing is trying to intimidate and isolate Ilham Tohti’s supporters. These paranoid security measures are in inverse proportion to the solidity of the case against him. More
Ten Awesome Tweets on What #FreeExpressionIs
In the past week, hundreds of people have tweeted in PEN’s #FreeExpressionIs campaign for Ilham Tohti. Think you can do better? More
“Spiritual support from West fosters separatism in Xinjiang”, featured in China’s Global Times
The PEN American Center, a literary and human rights organization, announced on Monday that it would award Ilham Tohti, formerly an economics professor of the Minzu University of China… More
Imprisoned Uighur scholar receives literary honor
NEW YORK (AP) — Ilham Tohti, the economist and activist imprisoned by Chinese authorities, has been awarded a Freedom to Write Award by the PEN American Center. More
Uighur Writer and PEN Member Released
PEN welcomes the release of Uighur writer, academic and Uighur PEN Center member Ilham Tohti, on August 22, 2009. He spent over six weeks in detention, and remains under… More
Writers Freed in Afghanistan, China
PEN welcomes the release of journalist Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, who had originally been sentenced to death for blasphemy in Afghanistan, and Ilham Tohti, a member of the Uighur PEN… More
Uighur Writer and PEN Member Detained
PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of writer, academic, and Uighur PEN member Ilham Tohti, who was reportedly arrested in Beijing on July 7, 2009 after speaking out… More
Joint Letter to US Secretary of State on His Visit to China
We write on behalf of 42 nongovernmental organizations that report on and advocate for human rights in China, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang. More
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