Chinese Democracy Advocate Is Freed After 8 Years in Prison
A Chinese journalist and democracy advocate who had been imprisoned since 2005 after Yahoo provided information about his e-mail account to the government in Beijing has been released, his… More
Billy Collins Reads Shi TaoŸ??s Ÿ??JuneŸ? as Part of Free Expression Poem Relay
As the Olympic torch reached the U.S., PEN American Center today released a recording of former U.S. Poet Laureate and PEN American Center Vice President Billy Collins reading imprisoned… More
Tracking Olympic Torch Relay, PEN Poem Relay lands in North America
Raising awareness of rights violations in China through poetry, the PEN Poem Relay is crossing the globe, touching down in North America on April 9. More
Protest poem “relay” tackles China on human rights
Canada will take part in a virtual demonstration against China's human rights policies on Wednesday via a poem "relay" organized by an international writers' association as tensions brew worldwide… More