China warns against Nobel prize for leading dissident
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry warned on Tuesday against giving a Nobel Peace Prize to leading jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo, a nomination made by the U.S. chapter of… More
PEN President Appiah Nominates Liu Xiaobo for Nobel Peace Prize
PEN American Center President and Professor of Philosophy Kwame Anthony Appiah on Friday sent his nomination of Chinese colleague Liu Xiaobo for the Nobel Peace Prize to the Norwegian… More
Kwame Anthony Appiah’s Nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the Nobel Peace Prize
On January 29, 2010, PEN President Kwame Anthony Appiah sent his letter of nomination for Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
PEN Letter of Support for Nomination of Liu Xiaobo
On January 29, 2010, 20 members of PEN American Center submitted a letter of support for Kwame Anthony Appiah's nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
Hong Kong, Songs and Vigils for Liu Xiaobo
The parliament of Hong Kong (LegCo) has this morning rejected a motion to "Free Liu Xiaobo”. The motion was presented by the Catholic Parliamentary Fred Li Wah-ming, a member… More
Appiah Protests Chinese Writer’s Arrest
On New Year’s Eve, philosophy professor and novelist Kwame Anthony Appiah joined a group of prominent authors on the steps of the New York Public Library to protest the… More
Vaclav Havel Protests Jailing Of Chinese Dissident
Former Czech President Vaclav Havel showed up at the Chinese Embassy in Prague Wednesday to protest the imprisonment of a Chinese dissident, the official Czech News Agency reported. Havel,… More
Writers Rally for Liu Xiaobo
On New Year’s Eve, Don DeLillo, Edward Albee, A.M. Homes, and others gathered to demand the release of Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo, sentenced to 11 years in prison. Read… More
Leading Authors Demonstrate Against Jailing of Liu Xiaobo
Acclaimed US authors including EL Doctorow, Don DeLillo and Edward Albee gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library on New Year's Eve to protest against the… More
Calls to Free Dissident
CNN's Anjali Rao talks with Kwame Appiah of the Pen American Center about the jailing of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. More
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