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Chinese Authorities Must Release “Blank Paper” Protesters and Allow Free Expression on COVID-19 Pandemic

Open LetterMarch 8, 2023

We call on the Chinese government to release Cao Zhixin (曹芷馨), Li Siqi (李思琪), Li Yuanjing (李元婧), and Zhai Dengrui (翟登蕊). More

PEN America Calls for the Immediate Acquittal and Release of Mongolian Activist Munkhbayar Chuluundorj Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Protesting China-Mongolia Relations

Press ReleaseSeptember 13, 2022

“The harsh and unjust verdict in Munkhbayar Chuluundorj’s trial is a grave violation of the fundamental right to free expression,” says Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the PEN/Barbey Freedom to… More

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China: PEN Centers Call for Xu Zhiyong’s Immediate Release

Open LetterJune 27, 2022

PEN America, PEN International, and the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) call on the Chinese government release Xu Zhiyong. More

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[VIRTUAL] Freedom to Write Index 2021: Tracking Jailed Writers and Public Intellectuals Around the World

Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | 11:00 am – 12:15 pm ET
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PEN America 2021 Freedom to Write Index: Myanmar Joins China and Saudi Arabia as World’s Top Jailers of Writers

Press ReleaseApril 13, 2022

During 2021, Myanmar accounted for the single-largest increase of writers and public intellectuals newly jailed for exercising free expression, due to the military junta’s crackdown on influential voices. More

PEN America Reacts with Alarm to News of Intimidation of Chinese Dissidents in U.S.

Press ReleaseMarch 17, 2022

Human rights groups and expert commentators have increasingly warned that authoritarian governments, with China as a prominent example, have increasingly rolled out new and expanded tactics of trans-national repression.… More

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America Second: How America's Elites Are Making China StrongerSam GillWednesday, March 2, 2022 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
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The PEN Pod: A Reflection on Free Speech in 2021 with Suzanne Nossel

InterviewDecember 24, 2021

“Perhaps never before in our public discourse. . . has there been a moment where issues of free expression. . . have been more salient to our politics.” More

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Chinese Authorities Poised to Put Activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi On Trial, PEN America and China Human Rights Defenders Warn

Press ReleaseDecember 20, 2021

Chinese authorities may use the lull around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays to subject prominent human rights defenders to unfair trials while much of the international community is… More

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The PEN Pod: On Self-Censorship, Book Bans, and Biden’s Virtual Democracy Summit

InterviewDecember 10, 2021

“Students are really crucial allies. They have, I think, an instinctive sense of not wanting to be told what they can and can’t read.” More

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