PEN American Center President Appiah Testifies Before Congress on Liu Xiaobo
In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah criticized the Chinese government’s attempts to censor information about the awarding of this year’s Nobel… More
China’s Nobel laureate still jailed amid crackdown
When imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize last month, some human rights activists and political observers hoped that the award would spark a national debate… More
China Releases Dissident Artist Ai
Chinese authorities released dissident artist Ai Weiwei from house arrest on Monday - a little more than two days after detaining him at his compound in Beijing. More
PEN American Center Concerned About Increased Pressure on PEN Members in China
Chinese authorities appear to be stepping up pressure on members of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) as part of a campaign to limit information about the awarding of… More
An interview with scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah…
In January of this year, Kwame Anthony Appiah, an African and African American literature and cultural studies professor at Princeton University, formally nominated 54-year-old Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo… More
Are we going to stand for Liu Xiaobo’s incarceration?
Shortly after being sentenced to 11 years in prison for subversion in 2009, Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo issued a statement through his lawyer. More
Philip Hensher: Human rights, in the Chinese sense
It was riled into one of its periodic, highly touchy statements of self-righteousness when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Liu Xiaobo. More
Nobel Peace Prize winner nominated by Appiah
When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo on Friday, the news sparked international dialogue about the future of human rights in China. More
Nobel Winner Liu Xiaobo’s Wife Under House Arrest
The wife of China's Nobel Peace Prize winner said late Sunday that Chinese authorities had allowed her to visit husband Liu Xiaobo in prison over the weekend, then… More
Intellectuals held in China crackdown after Liu Xiaobo gets Nobel
More than 30 Chinese intellectuals have been detained, warned or placed under house arrest in a crackdown aimed at stifling celebration following the award of the Nobel peace prize… More