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“They Killed Him”: Denial of Medical Care in China and the Literary Conscience
As a matter of medicine, it was of course cancer that took Liu’s life. But the responsibility for his death must rest on the shoulders of the Chinese state. More
Decision to Ban Uyghur Language in Xinjiang Schools an Attack on the Minority Group’s Linguistic and Cultural Rights
China’s decision to ban the use of Uyghur language in Xinjiang schools represents an attack on Uyghur linguistic rights, and an effort to tighten its stranglehold over the ethnic… More
A Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia just won a Freedom to Write Award
It's an honor that comes with a heavy dose of irony — PEN America just awarded its Barbey Freedom to Write Award to the acclaimed Ukrainian writer and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov,… More
‘Language Rights Are Human Rights’
Members of Students for a Free Tibet , the largest grassroots Tibet support group in the world, protested outside the Chinese consulate in New York on January 26 to… More
President Xi: No More Silence
PEN International condemns the Chinese authorities' sustained and increasing attack on free expression and calls for an immediate end to China’s worsening crackdown on fundamental human rights.rnrn More
China: PEN International renews its calls to release all writers, journalists and publishers
On World Human Rights Day, PEN International reiterates its calls on the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all writers, journalists, bloggers and publishers held for peacefully exercising… More
CHINA’S REJECTION OF ACTIVIST’S APPEAL A DISAPPOINTING SETBACK
NEW YORK—PEN America is dismayed to learn of the summary rejection of imprisoned Chinese activist Zhang Haitao's long-delayed appeal. Today, the High People's Court of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region… More
June Featured Cases: Tiananmen, 27 Years Later
This June, our three featured cases are emblematic of the harsh and varied tactics China utilizes to stifle free expression and stamp out dissent. They also represent the resiliency… More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Tues., October 27
Egypt arrests three journalists in five days, Free Alaa Abdel Fattah campaign stirs social media, and the Ubud Writers Festival is censored. More
Jonathan Franzen, Neil Gaiman, other authors push Chinese president to free jailed writers
British author Neil Gaiman is among the 40 authors, journalists and other free expression advocates who added their signatures to a letter urging Chinese President Xi Jinping to release… More
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