Rights groups protest China’s pre-Olympics arrests
Human rights groups are calling for the immediate release of Chinese Internet writer Du Daobin after he was rearrested earlier this week, saying his detention is part of a… More
Iran: Reading Tehran With Lolita (Time to Publish Iranian Writers)
Whether or not the George W. Bush administration's surprising act this week of initiating people-to-people diplomacy with Iran is sincere, it presents a critical opportunity for cultural and human… More
Please release the Chinese writers in prison
To the Editors: Your readers may be interested in the following petition to the Chinese government, signed by more than 3,500 PEN members and supporters in addition to those… More
Iraqi Refugee Survives Day to Day, Helps Others Settle in U.S.
In Atlanta, Ahmed Ali is living the American Dream. Each morning he leaves the house long before his two young children have awakened, goes to a job that pays… More
Chinese activists fear Olympic ‘holidays’
Li Fangping, a defense lawyer for two of China's well-known human rights cases, expects to be under 24-hour police surveillance during next month's Olympic Games. "I will definitely have… More
China’s Silencing Season
Outside the small restaurant where he was having dinner, Huang Qi saw men he recognized, plainclothes police officers. He got on his cellphone to alert colleagues: Something might happen… More
PEN Goes to Court to Challenge New Surveillance Law
PEN American Center today joined the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other leading international human rights organizations, journalists, and attorneys in filing a lawsuit challenging the… More
Failing to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression in China
On July 8, 2008, one month before the Olympic Games open in Beijing, PEN American Center, PEN Canada, and the Independent Chinese PEN Center issued a progress report on… More
China Fails to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression from PEN
In a distressing report released today, three International PEN centers give China a failing grade on free expression one month before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games on… More
China Silences Critics as Olympics Near, Report Says
One month before the Aug. 8 start of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, PEN, an international writers' group that monitors human rights abuses, accused the Chinese government of waging… More