Writers Demand China Release Imprisoned Writers
Members of the PEN American Center say the petition is simply asking the Chinese government to live up to the pledge Beijing made to improve its human rights record… 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
Chinese Dissident Honored for Writings
Yang Tongyan is serving a 12-year sentence in a Chinese prison for publishing anti-government articles on the Internet. Larry Siems, director of the PEN American Center, explains why Yang… More
PEN Writer and Chinese Citizen Yu Zhang Denied Entry to Hong Kong
Members of International PEN protest in the strongest possible terms the refusal yesterday of Hong Kong officials to allow distinguished Chinese journalist Dr. Yu Zhang, Secretary-General of the Independent… More
PEN Petitions China
With its annual World Voices Festival of International Literature coming to town next week, PEN American Center, the human rights organization for writers, is focusing on China as the… More
PEN Calls Press Conference to Announce Delivery of China Petition
Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, Edward Albee, Rick Moody and Ma Jian will be among the writers attending a press conference Thursday, May 1, at which the PEN American Center… More
PEN Denounces Detention of Jamyang Kyi
Writers from Canada, the United States, and China expressed concern today about reports that Jamyang Kyi, a prominent Tibetan writer, reporter, activist and singer, has been detained in Qinghai… More
Jailed Epoch Times Contributor to Receive Award
A Chinese dissident writer and Epoch Times contributor has been awarded the prestigious 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. However Yang Tongyan will not be able to attend… More
Writer Jailed in China Wins a PEN Award
Yang Tongyan, right, a Chinese writer serving a 12-year prison term for posting antigovernment articles on the Internet, will receive the 22nd annual PEN Freedom to Write Award, Bloomberg… More
Jailed Chinese Writer To Receive PEN Award
Yang Tongyan, a Chinese writer serving a 12-year prison term for posting anti-government articles on the Internet, will receive this year's PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. More