At the Nobel ceremony, Liu Xiaobo’s empty chair will speak
There is every expectation that when this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is celebrated in Oslo on Dec. 10, the star of the ceremony will not be any of its… More
Being a writer, more dangerous now than ever
Forty writers have been killed globally in the past year. But no country is more dangerous than Mexico, reports PEN International, a worldwide association of writers and journalists. More
Fighting the global assault on freedom of expression
Today, the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, PEN draws attention to the writers, editors and publishers jailed for voicing their beliefs. More
PEN American Center President Appiah Testifies Before Congress on Liu Xiaobo
In testimony before Congress on Tuesday, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah criticized the Chinese government’s attempts to censor information about the awarding of this year’s Nobel… More
Nobel winner’s family, friends targeted in China
In the month since jailed, dissident writer Liu Xiaobo captured the prize Oct. 8, the Chinese government has locked up Liu’s wife in her own home; cut off her… More
Testimony of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah, President, PEN American Center
Testimony of Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah, President, PEN American Center:Congressional-Executive Commission on ChinaHearing on “Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and the Future of Political Reform in China”November 9,… More
China’s Nobel laureate still jailed amid crackdown
When imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize last month, some human rights activists and political observers hoped that the award would spark a national debate… More
China Releases Dissident Artist Ai
Chinese authorities released dissident artist Ai Weiwei from house arrest on Monday - a little more than two days after detaining him at his compound in Beijing. More
An interview with scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah…
In January of this year, Kwame Anthony Appiah, an African and African American literature and cultural studies professor at Princeton University, formally nominated 54-year-old Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo… More
PAN-PEN congratulates Liu Xiaobo
PAN-PEN, the Pan African Network of International PEN has congratulated Liu Xiaobo, imprisoned Chinese writer for winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. More
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