Havel endorses Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese dissident
New York, Sept 21 (CTK)—Former Czech president Vaclav Havel has called on the Norwegian Nobel Committee to give this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, in… More
Writer Liao Yiwu Finally Permitted to Travel Outside China
PEN American Center today welcomed the Chinese government’s decision to lift its travel ban against renowned writer and Independent Chinese PEN Center Board Member Liao Yiwu, who is traveling… More
Writers in U.S. and China Denounce Formal Arrest of Liu Xianbin
The case of writer and longtime activist Liu Xianbin was formally transferred to the Suining Municipal People's Procuratorate on July 21, 2010, invoking fears that he could face at… More
PEN Protests Heavy Sentence Against Uighur Journalist Gheyret Niyaz
PEN American Center denounced the conviction of Uighur journalist Gheyret Niyaz on charges of “endangering state security” on July 24, 2010, for discussing the ethnic unrest in the Xinjiang… More
Chinese Writer Liu Xiaobo Transferred to Prison Camp
On Christmas Day last year, Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo was sentenced to 11 years in prison for his part in creating Charter 08, a document calling for greater freedoms… More
Uighur PEN Member Ilham Tohti Barred From Travel Outside China
For the second time this spring, the Chinese government has prevented a member of PEN, the worldwide association of writers, from participating in a public program in Europe, a… More
Chinese Writer Liao Yiwu Prevented From Traveling to German Book Festival
PEN American Center today expressed outrage that writer Liao Yiwu was removed from a plane he had boarded in Chengdu, southwestern China, to travel to a literature festival in… More
PEN American Center Reacts to Court’s Rejection of Liu Xiaobo’s Appeal
“We are deeply disappointed by the court’s summary rejection of Liu Xiaobo’s appeal. The brief, inadequate hearing and quick decision only furthered the impression that the decisions of the… More
Chinese, Russian Activists Nominated for Nobel
OSLO (AP) - Candidates for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize include a Russian human rights group, a Chinese dissident and an inanimate object: the Internet, people who made the… More
China warns against Nobel prize for leading dissident
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry warned on Tuesday against giving a Nobel Peace Prize to leading jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, a nomination made by the U.S. chapter of… More