Tiananmen at 25: Enforced Amnesia
Memory should never be a crime. We join our colleagues in China and around the world in commemorating the blossoming of freedom of expression on Tiananmen Square in May… More
China: Tiananmen Square 25 Years on
"Not only is the tragedy itself a suppressed piece of history in China, but many of those who protested twenty-five years ago are still being imprisoned, harassed and silenced." More
Chinese Media Confirms Veteran Journalist Gao Yu Officially Detained
Gao Yu, missing since April 24, 2014, has been confirmed to be detained by Beijing police in a criminal investigation for allegedly "leaking state secrets abroad." More
Publisher Yao Wentian (aka Yiu Mantin) Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
PEN International is shocked by the heavy sentencing of Hong Kong-based publisher Yao Wentian on May 7, 2014. More
Renewed Crackdown on Writers and Journalists Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Protests
Five prominent dissident writers arrested for taking part in events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests should be released immediately and unconditionally,… More
PEN Concerned by Disappearance of Chinese Journalist Gao Yu
PEN is extremely troubled by the disappearance of veteran journalist Gao Yu, 70, who has not been heard from since last Thursday and whose current whereabouts are unknown. More
“Spiritual support from West fosters separatism in Xinjiang”, featured in China’s Global Times
The PEN American Center, a literary and human rights organization, announced on Monday that it would award Ilham Tohti, formerly an economics professor of the Minzu University of China… More
#WithFlowers: Free Expression for China
Despite promises to improve its human rights record, the climate for freedom of expression in China has steadily declined. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former Independent Chinese PEN Center President… More
ICPC Member Li Jianhong Conditionally Released from Detention
UPDATE: Writer Li Jianhong, a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) who served as its Writers in Prison Committee Coordinator until the end of 2013, was conditionally… More
The Human Face of the Free Expression Crackdown in China
Close your eyes, and imagine you were a writer, a publisher, a PEN supporter living in China. What do you see? More