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
Writer Tohti Tunyaz Released From Prison in China a Week Before Clinton Visit
PEN American Center expressed relief today at the news that imprisoned writer, historian, and winner of the 2002 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award, Tohti Tunyaz, was released from… More
World Authors Call on Chinese Authorities to Release Liu Xiaobo
Over 300 members of International PEN, the world writers’ association, have joined together to protest the ongoing detention of prominent Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo by the Chinese authorities.… More
Petition Urges China to Free Dissident
More than 160 prominent writers, scholars and human rights advocates outside mainland China have signed an open letter to President Hu Jintao asking him to release a well-known intellectual… More
Beijing Clamps Down After Call for Democracy
The release last week of a human rights manifesto signed by hundreds of mainland scholars, lawyers and ex-officials has prompted a stern response from Chinese authorities who have jailed… More
Leading PEN Member Liu Xiaobo Detained in China on Eve of Human Rights Day
PEN American Center expressed extreme dismay today over the detention of prominent dissident and leading PEN Member Dr. Liu Xiaobo on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” a… More
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
In the past year, the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN has monitored the cases of more than 1,000 writers and journalists in 90 countries, 200 of… More
China urged to extend media freedoms domestically
China should extend media freedoms it now offers foreign reporters to domestic journalists too, rights groups said, but added that the signs were not encouraging this would happen. China… More
Beyond the Olympics: The Freedom to Write in China, After the Spotlight
Today, October 17, 2008, temporary regulations that were said to guarantee the ability of international journalists to report freely from China will expire. More
Writers Hail Ruling in Favor of Guantanamo Detainees
PEN American Center today hailed a federal court ruling ordering that 17 Uighur detainees at Guantanamo Bay be released into the United States. The decision could signal the end… More
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