PEN International Reiterates Call to Release Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Awarded
Today in Oslo, PEN International has reiterated its call, echoed by writers, journalists and essayists, as well as political and civic leaders around the world, for the immediate and… More
Libérez le dissident Liu Xiaobo!
Le gouvernement de la Chine, de sa propre volonté, a ajouté à la Constitution de son pays l'engagement à "respecter et protéger les droits humains". C'était en 2004. En… More
Analysts: Dissident’s Nobel Prize a ‘Runnng Sore’ for China
China's government is attempting to limit the impact of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. Analysts and rights activists say that although… More
What China’s real friends say about Liu Xiaobo
The Chinese government, of its own free will, added to the country’s constitution a commitment to “respect and protect human rights.” That was 2004. In 1998, it signed the… More
At the Nobel ceremony, Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair will speak
There is every expectation that when this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is celebrated in Oslo on Dec. 10, the star of the ceremony will not be any of its… More
Being a writer, more dangerous now than ever
Forty writers have been killed globally in the past year. But no country is more dangerous than Mexico, reports PEN International, a worldwide association of writers and journalists. More
Fighting the global assault on freedom of expression
Today, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN draws attention to the writers, editors and publishers jailed for voicing their beliefs. More
Nobel winner’s family, friends targeted in China
In the month since jailed, dissident writer Liu Xiaobo captured the prize Oct. 8, the Chinese government has locked up Liu’s wife in her own home; cut off her… More
Testimony of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah, President, PEN American Center
Testimony of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah, President, PEN American Center:Congressional-Executive Commission on ChinaHearing on “Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and the Future of Political Reform in China”November 9,… More
China’s Nobel laureate still jailed amid crackdown
When imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize last month, some human rights activists and political observers hoped that the award would spark a national debate… More
Support for the freedom to read with exclusive designs by Todd Parr, Mike Curato, Art Spiegelman, and more!
