Wife of Chinese dissident asks Obama for help
The case of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo flared up in the American media this weekend, after Liu's wife Liu Xia published a Washington Post editorial asking President Barack… More
US activists back Chinese dissident
US human rights activists have launched a campaign to free prominent Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (劉曉波), whose case has become a cause celebre outside China. The Washington Post carried… More
Liu Xiaobo to Receive Top PEN Honor
PEN American Center today named Liu Xiaobo, one of China’s preeminent dissident writers and activists and a leading figure in the PEN movement internationally, as the recipient of its… More
PEN Honors Chinese Writer, Dissident…
With the recent English-language publication of books like Yu Hua’s Brothers and Wang Gang’s English, Western readers might perceive a thaw ongoing in China. After all, these books and… More
World Authors Call on Chinese Authorities to Release Liu Xiaobo
Over 300 members of International PEN, the world writers’ association, have joined together to protest the ongoing detention of prominent Chinese dissident writer Liu Xiaobo by the Chinese authorities.… More
Petition Urges China to Free Dissident
More than 160 prominent writers, scholars and human rights advocates outside mainland China have signed an open letter to President Hu Jintao asking him to release a well-known intellectual… More
PEN Appeal: Liu Xiaobo
December 10, 2008 His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council Beijing 100032 P.R. China Mr. Meng Jianzhu Minister of the Public Security East Chang’an Avenue 14 Beijing 100741 P.R. China Your Excellencies, On behalf of… More
Prominent Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Detained
International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of prominent dissident writer Liu Xiaobo, former President and Board member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, who was arrested on… More
Leading PEN Member Liu Xiaobo Detained in China on Eve of Human Rights Day
PEN American Center expressed extreme dismay today over the detention of prominent dissident and leading PEN Member Dr. Liu Xiaobo on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” a… More
PEN Condemns Detention of Chinese Writers
Officers and staff of PEN American Center today expressed alarm at the news that Chinese authorities detained three prominent intellectuals yesterday, including two writers who helped found a new… More
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