Tibet on Fire: Self-Immolation Against Chinese Rule
Tibet on Fire is Tsering Woeser's account of the oppression Tibetans face and the ideals driving those who resist. More
Free Expression Digest: Thurs., December 10
Radio host killed in Brazil, Fugitive South Korean activist surrenders, Kenya aims to expose rogue journalists. More
Free Expression Daily Digest: Fri., October 30
UK police cite terrorism to seize BBC laptop, writer released in Tibet, and librarian facing 5 years in Russia. More
China: Dolma Kyab Released yet Indicates Chinese Repression of Tibetan Free Speech
NEW YORK—The release from prison today of Tibetan writer and history teacher Dolma Kyab is welcome news, but highlights the lengths to which the Chinese government will go to repress… More
Kunchok Tsephel | Status: Conditional Release | China/Tibet Autonomous Region
Kunchok Tsephel is a prominent internet writer and editor of the Tibetan-language website Chomei (Butter Lamp), which promotes Tibetan culture and literature. He was arrested in February 2009 and… More
Allow independent journalists in Tibet: PEN Int’l to China
The PEN International Congress urged China to investigate the causes of the self-immolation protests in Tibet with honesty and transparency, and to allow independent international journalists access to the… More
Tsering Woeser | Status: Under Threat | China
Award-winning Tibetan writer and poet Woeser was born in 1966 in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, where her father was a soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. More
A Lunar New Year in Flames
The Lunar New Year begins this weekend, but in Tibet, where 86 Tibetans have self-immolated in the last year as a last-ditch effort to be heard, celebrations will be… More
PEN Case Studies in Digital Freedom – Censorship
In this series of posts, we demonstrate how we use the PEN Declaration on Digital Freedom to defend writers, bloggers, and activists. We'll look at internet censorship in China… More
Dolma Kyab | Status: Released | China/Tibet Autonomous Region
Dolma Kyab is a writer and teacher in his native Tibet, born in 1976. After protests and riots broke out in Lhasa in March 2008, Dolma Kyab was reportedly… More
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