PEN gives China failing grade for free expression
Media freedom organization PEN is giving China a failing grade on free expression one month before the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Conditions for both international… More
China Fails to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression from PEN
In a distressing report released today, three International PEN centers give China a failing grade on free expression one month before the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games on… More
The real score on freedom of expression in China
China promised expanded press freedom and an improved climate for human rights and domestic freedom of expression in this Olympic year. But it has instead maintained a systematic campaign… More
China breaching media freedoms before Olympics
A month before the Olympics, China continues to severely breach its pledge to allow full media freedoms, harassing and restricting foreign journalists in Tibet and elsewhere, Human Rights Watch… More
China media clamps slammed a month before Olympics
A month before the Olympics, China continues to severely breach its pledge to allow full media freedoms, harassing and restricting foreign journalists in Tibet and elsewhere, Human Rights Watch… More
Chinese Journalist Sentenced, Others Prevented From Meeting U.S. Officials
PEN centers expressed disappointment today over the sentencing of journalist Sun Lin in Nanjing and the detention and harassment of several writers and PEN members to prevent them from… More
Activists Warned on Olympic Protests
In the latest sign of efforts to prevent dissent during the Beijing Olympics, political activists in Shanghai say they have been warned against expressing their opinions, speaking with foreigners… More
No Medals for Human Rights
Last week the PEN American Center announced it was sending out letters to the Bush Administration and Congressional leaders protesting, fifty days before the start of the Olympics, the… More
50 Days Before Olympics, PEN Urges U.S. Action for Writers Jailed in China
PEN American Center today called on the Bush Administration and Congress to step up pressure on the People’s Republic of China to release 44 imprisoned writers and journalists and… More
Concern over detentions in China quake zone
Two human rights groups expressed concern on Sunday over the fate of Huang Qi, a Chinese activist who friends fear was detained for offering support to families of children… More
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