July Featured Case: Chen Yunfei
Chen Yunfei is a performance artist who works at the intersection of human rights activism and art. His art is overtly political, intending to promote the Chinese pro-democracy movement. More
China Advocacy: Subversive Poetry, Prison, and Exile
All across the world, we at PEN have noticed a trend against freedom of expression: the number of journalists targeted for persecution is on the rise while the number… More
China Advocacy: Subversive Poetry, Prison, and Exile
[caption id="attachment_7819" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Yu Jie. Photo by Voice of America via Wikimedia Commons."][/caption] All across the world, we at PEN have noticed a trend against freedom of expression: the number… More
Writer Chen Wei Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
Chen Wei, an honorary member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center and winner of the Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write award, was sentenced on December 23, 2011, to nine… More
Chen Wei & Chen Xi Imprisoned
Chinese writers Chen Wei and Chen Xi were both given long prison sentences over the holidays. The PEN American Center denounced the action, calling it “an eerie replay of… More
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