Prison Sentence for Uyghur Singer Part of China’s Efforts to Eradicate Uyghur Culture
Rashida has become one more victim in Chinese authorities’ efforts to systematically silence prominent Uyghur voices. More
China Moves to Charge Imprisoned Australian Novelist With Espionage
PEN America speaks out against the ongoing confinement, abuse, and now pending indictment against Australian writer Yang Hengjun. More
China Is Fighting the Coronavirus Propaganda War to Win
“China’s expulsion this week of American journalists... represents a dangerous escalation of a feud over the freedom of each country’s journalists to report from inside the other’s borders.” More
China’s Smear of Mario Vargas Llosa an Attempt to Silence Criticism
The Chinese government’s attacks on Mario Vargas Llosa should be seen for what they are: an attempt to dismiss valid criticism of their handling of the coronavirus by smearing… More
China Expels U.S. Journalists
(New York, NY) – The Chinese government announced today it would expel U.S. journalists working for The New York Times, Washington Post, and other outlets. Suzanne Nossel, CEO of… More
PEN America Concerned Over Detained Chinese Poet’s Safety
PEN America is concerned that the continuing lack of publicly available information around the detention of Chinese poet Cui Haoxin, arrested in late January, may enable Chinese authorities to… More
Gui Minhai | Status: In Prison | China
Hong Kong publisher and Swedish national Gui Minhai was disappeared from his vacation home in Pattaya, Thailand on October 17, 2015. He remained in Chinese detention for more than… More
An Open Letter from Over 50 NGOs and Individuals to the UAE Authorities
As the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi opens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we the undersigned call on the Emirati authorities to demonstrate their respect for the right to… More
China Detains Coronavirus Reporter
“Given China’s widespread censorship of stories about the coronavirus, PEN America is gravely concerned over the possibility that Chen has been arbitrarily detained and that authorities are using ‘quarantine’… More
China’s Detention of Muslim Poet is Attempt to Silence Opposition
“While we don’t know what precisely triggered An Ran’s detention this time, it is patently obvious that he is being targeted yet again for his courage in acting as… More
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Virus of official government retaliation against #COVID19 truth-tellers, with recent cases logged @WhiteHouse @GovRonDeSantis @USNavy @peacehealthstjo and all over #China now hits Russia too. Surprise, surprise. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/world/europe/russian-virus-doctor-detained.html?algo=identity&fellback=false&imp_id=382687303&action=click&module=moreIn&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer
In order to circumvent censorship by China and Iran to control the flow of information amid COVID-19, journalists are using the Ethereum blockchain.
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PEN America mourns the death of Turkish musician Helin Bölek, who died following a hunger strike protesting her fellow artists' imprisonment. https://bit.ly/2JAZfL3