The Silent Strength of Liu Xia
In March 2010, months after Liu Xiaobo was tried and sentenced to 11 years in prison, PEN’s Director of Freedom to Write and International Programs, Larry Siems, came back… More
China Advocacy: Subversive Poetry, Prison, and Exile
All across the world, we at PEN have noticed a trend against freedom of expression: the number of journalists targeted for persecution is on the rise while the number… More
PEN to Liu Xiaobo: You Are Not Forgotten
One year after the Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to PEN Member Liu Xiaobo in absentia, PEN American Center called on U.S. Congress and the international community to… More
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: One Year Later
Today marks three years since Liu Xiaobo was detained and began an odyssey into China’s legal system, which ruled him a “criminal” for his writings and sent him to… More
Pen Honors Imprisoned Writers on International Human Rights Day (December 10)
December 10, 2011 (International Human Rights Day), marks the first anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, former president of the Independent Chinese PEN… More
Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel: One Year Later
[caption id="attachment_6814" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair. Photo by Sarah Hoffman."][/caption] Today marks three years since Liu Xiaobo was detained and began an odyssey into China’s legal system, which… More
Testimony of Marian Botsford Fraser, PEN International
On December 6, 2011, PEN International's Writers in Prison Committee Chair Marian Botsford Fraser was invited to testify before Congress at a hearing entitled “One Year After the Nobel… More
The man and his thoughts
CHINESE writer Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year. More
U.N. Calls on China to Release Liu Xiaobo
The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls on the government of China to release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia. More
U.N. Calls on China to Release Liu Xiaobo
Last week, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a panel comprised of independent legal experts, ruled that 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo, currently serving an 11-year… More