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Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: One Year Later
[caption id="attachment_6814" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair. Photo by Sarah Hoffman."][/caption] Today marks three years since Liu Xiaobo was detained and began an odyssey into China’s legal system, which… More
Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire
A sleepy town surrounded by pine forests and tumbledown farms, seventy miles north of Houston, Huntsville was selected in 1848 to build the state’s first residential institution, a penitentiary.… More
Celebrate Banned Books Week: September 24-October 1
It’s time again for Banned Books Week, that annual celebration of one’s freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September,… More
Shirin Ebadi on Iran, Human Rights, and ‘The Golden Cage’
On the inside cover of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Shirin Ebadi's new book, she describes its conception: "Questions about the revolution shape the events of The Golden Cage.... History… More
Journalist Kidnapped and Beaten
PEN International is alarmed by the recent kidnapping and beating of journalist Seymur Khaziyev. More
PEN International Reiterates Call to Release Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Awarded
Today in Oslo, PEN International has reiterated its call, echoed by writers, journalists and essayists, as well as political and civic leaders around the world, for the immediate and… More
Burmese Blogger Wins Top US Award
Imprisoned Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latt, whose role in disseminating news of the September 2007 uprising in Burma won him international applaud, has received the prestigious PEN/Barbara Goldsmith award.… More
PEN, Free Expression Groups Call on Iran to Open Door to UN Rights Experts
Organizations supporting journalists, writers and publishers in Iran have called on Tehran officials to open the door to the United Nations’ special rapporteurs on human rights, including its expert… More
The Naked Eye
An eye on film, affixed to an unconscious body. The eye sees nothing for the camera has already robbed it of vision. The gaze of the nameless lens licks… More
A Family’s Ties
*This story is dedicated to Mrs. Vera Prather. Without her loving support this story may never have been told.My parents had a secret. And as secrets go, they shared… More
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