The Poet in an Unknown Prison
On April 16, the PEN American Center named the Beijing-based writer and dissident Liu Xiaobo the recipient of the 2009 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. The award honors… More
Prominent Writer Liu Xiaobo Honored in New York
PEN America honored Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s preeminent dissident writers and activists and a leading figure in the PEN movement internationally, with PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More
Arrested Chinese Dissident Liu Xiaobo to Receive Prestigious Award
One of the world’s most prestigious literary awards will be bestowed today on Liu Xiaobo, the Chinese dissident and writer. But the man himself will spend the day in… More
The Internet is God’s Present to China
The ease, openness, and freedom of the internet has caused public opinion to become very lively in recent years. The government…cannot control the internet. More
5 Reasons Why What Happens To Arrested Chinese Writer Liu Matters
Next week, PEN American Center will award one of its highest honors, the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, to Liu Xiaobo, a Chinese intellectual and literary critic who… More
Wife of Chinese dissident asks Obama for help
The case of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo flared up in the American media this weekend, after Liu's wife Liu Xia published a Washington Post editorial asking President Barack… More
US activists back Chinese dissident
US human rights activists have launched a campaign to free prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波), whose case has become a cause celebre outside China. The Washington Post carried… More
Liu Xiaobo to Receive Top PEN Honor
PEN American Center today named Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s preeminent dissident writers and activists and a leading figure in the PEN movement internationally, as the recipient of its… More
Beijing Writer, PEN VP Jiang Qisheng Detained for Charter 08
Independent Chinese PEN Center Vice President Dr. Jiang Qisheng was detained and interrogated by police in Beijing today in what PEN American Center and the Independent Chinese PEN Center… More
Writers Decry Detentions During Clinton Visit to China
Writers reacted angrily to reports that members of the Independent Chinese PEN Center and other leading Chinese intellectuals have been confined to their homes or had their movements and… More
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