Detentions Escalate at China Quake Site
PEN expressed alarm today over the disappearance of leading cyber-dissident Huang Qi, who was last seen being forced into a car by three unidentified men in Chengdu on the… More
Outcast writer seeks stories in China’s quake zone
The people Liao Yiwu interviews exist on the fringe of Chinese society, and more than a few live closely with death. The mortician. The grave robber. The professional mourner,… More
No Let-Up: China Detains Another Writer
Feng Zhenghu, a Shanghai-based rights defender, online writer and freelance journalist, has been detained in a week that has seen significant backsliding in the climate for freedom of expression… More
PEN Protests Cyber-Attacks Against Woeser
PEN American Center today expressed “profound concern” that Beijing-based Tibetan writer Woeser is apparently the target of serious cyber-attacks aimed at disrupting her personal communications and suppressing her voice,… More
China activists harassed for speaking on human rights
Chinese activists said Tuesday that they were harassed by police and warned not to talk to U.S. officials visiting China for the first human rights talks between the two… More
Chinese Writer and Professor Guo Quan Detained
Guo Quan, a writer and former associate professor of literature at Nanjing Normal University, has been detained for his articles on the government response to the May 12th earthquake… More
Chen Daojun Detained as Crackdown Intensifies in China During Olympic Torch Relay
Chen Daojun, a freelance writer and journalist, has been detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” the second writer jailed on subversion charges in a week in… More
China dissident writer faces subversion charge
A dissident Chinese writer in police custody faces trial for inciting subversion as part of an apparent government crackdown on dissent ahead of the Beijing Olympics, three writers' associations… More
Writers take on China Censorship
Ninety-nine days before the Olympics opening ceremonies in Beijing, several literary giants — Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan and Edward Albee, among them — announced they would be delivering a… More
PEN Petitions Chinese Government to Release Imprisoned Writers
At a press conference in New York this morning PEN announced its intent to petition the Chinese government to free 39 Chinese writers who have been jailed for exercising… More
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