China: Tiananmen Square 25 Years on
"Not only is the tragedy itself a suppressed piece of history in China, but many of those who protested twenty-five years ago are still being imprisoned, harassed and silenced." More
Chinese Media Confirms Veteran Journalist Gao Yu Officially Detained
Gao Yu, missing since April 24, 2014, has been confirmed to be detained by Beijing police in a criminal investigation for allegedly "leaking state secrets abroad." More
Time Is Running Out For Ethnic Peace And Reconciliation In Xinjiang
In my last post, I questioned if the recent Chinese efforts to meet Uyghurs’ deep concerns about their living conditions and their cultural future could or could not be… More
PEN Concerned by Disappearance of Chinese Journalist Gao Yu
PEN is extremely troubled by the disappearance of veteran journalist Gao Yu, 70, who has not been heard from since last Thursday and whose current whereabouts are unknown. More
“Spiritual support from West fosters separatism in Xinjiang”, featured in China’s Global Times
The PEN American Center, a literary and human rights organization, announced on Monday that it would award Ilham Tohti, formerly an economics professor of the Minzu University of China… More
ICPC Member Li Jianhong Conditionally Released from Detention
UPDATE: Writer Li Jianhong, a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) who served as its Writers in Prison Committee Coordinator until the end of 2013, was conditionally… More
The Human Face of the Free Expression Crackdown in China
Close your eyes, and imagine you were a writer, a publisher, a PEN supporter living in China. What do you see? More
Publisher Yao Wentian Detained Amidst Renewed Crackdown on Dissent
PEN is seriously concerned about the ongoing detention of Hong Kong-based publisher Yao Wentian, who has been held in Shenzhen since October 27, 2013. More
Free Liu Xia: A Reading and Screening of Never-Before Seen Footage of Detained Chinese Poet
On January 14, writers and supporters gathered in New York City to pay tribute to the poet and artist Liu Xia, who has been under extralegal house arrest since… More
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