Htin Lin Oo | Status: Imprisoned | Myanmar
Htin Lin Oo, a former information officer for the National League for Democracy, was sentenced to two years in prison with hard labor in June 2015 on charge of… More
HONDURAS: PEN member Julio Ernesto Alvarado banned from working as journalist
5 November marked one year since the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) ordered the Honduran state to suspend a 16-month work ban on journalist and PEN Honduras member… More
Dawit Isaak | Status: Detained | Eritrea
Dawit has been held in prison for more than a decade without being charged or brought to trial by the Eritrean government. He is a playwright, writer, and co-owner… 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
Anna Politkovskaya | Status: Murdered | Russia
Anna Politkovskaya was an accomplished journalist, writer, and human rights activist. She produced a large body of work on human rights abuses in Russia and was murdered for her… More
Murder of Mexican Journalist Indicates Failure to Provide Most Basic Protections
The murder of photographer Ruben Espinosa in Mexico City on Friday indicates a failure to provide even the most basic protections for journalists. More
Iran: Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki Must Not be Returned to Prison
Blogger Hossein Ronaghi Maleki was ordered to return to prison immediately on 29 June 2015. More
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab Pardoned and Released from Prison
The release from prison on 14July 2015 after more than three months in solitary confinement, of Nabeel Rajab, human rights defender, writer and President of the Bahrain Centre for… More
China Levels Charges Against Hong Kong Protesters in Attempt to Chill Free Expression
The charges of obstructing the police leveled against two Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, Joshua Wong and Nathan Law, represent an often-used tactic of the Chinese government to bring politically… More
Chinese Efforts to Quash Human Rights Campaigns Rippling Out of Control
A string of disappearances and arrests of over 100 human rights lawyers in China in the past week is the boldest move yet in Beijing’s sprawling campaign to destroy… More