PEN Abhors Free Expression Violations in Tibet
PEN American Center today expressed concern regarding the Chinese government’s crackdown on freedom of expression in Tibet after official media reported that authorities cut Internet and mobile phone service… More
Writers Stopped from Attending 10th ICPC Anniversary
The Independent Chinese PEN Center, or ICPC, celebrated its 10th anniversary in Hong Kong earlier this week. However, only three of the fourteen invited writers were able to attend,… More
Authors report worsening persecution by Beijing
The recent banning of six mainland writers from visiting Hong Kong and the barring of two exiled authors from returning to their homeland shows Beijing's latest wave of control… More
Beijing Bars Writers From a Literary Celebration
For Chinese authors who join the international writers’ organization PEN, membership would appear to have very few privileges. Many of its members are subjected to frequent harassment; four of… More
ICPC Celebrates Tenth Anniversary in Shadow of Escalating Repression
As PEN members from around the world gather to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) today in Hong Kong, a number… More
Chinese Writers Discuss Democracy
Only two Chinese writers—Zha Jianying and Yan Lianke—spoke during a panel discussion on April 29 during the PEN World Voices Festival. Would-be panelist Liao Yiwu was prevented by the… More
U.S., China to hold human rights talks
China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department announced Friday, amid a Chinese crackdown on government critics that the U.S.… More
China’s Domestic and International Free Expression Obligations
In the past month, as the world’s attention has been riveted by events in North Africa and the Middle East, the government of China has moved aggressively to restrict… More
PEN American Center Decries “Thuggery” in Attacks on Foreign Press in China
PEN American Center today denounced a series of brazen attacks on foreign journalists seeking to visit a dissident living under house arrest, calling the attacks “thuggery” and a blatant… More
Author takes on China’s premier, aware that free speech…
BEIJING — Yu Jie has picked a fight with the Communist Party of China, and if state security forces haul him away in the dark of night, there will… More
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