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Erika Nguyen

Senior Manager, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center

Erika Nguyen is a senior manager in the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center, where her work focuses on cultural and linguistic rights.

Articles by Erika Nguyen

A man wearing a blue plaid shirt rests his chin on his hand, looking thoughtful and slightly serious—reminiscent of essayist Xu Zhiyong of China. The background is out of focus.
Global Free ExpressionWriters at Risk
Friday February 13

The Chinese Writer Imprisoned for Dreaming of a Beautiful China

Xu Zhiyong’s essays from A Beautiful China, which he wrote as a love letter to his country, were used as evidence against him.

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Three people are shown in front of a wall with framed artwork and calligraphy. The image has a blue tint and includes a courtesy credit to the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center.
Writers at RiskGlobal Free Expression
Friday February 6

A Mongolian Writer and Bookseller, Snatched from His Hospital Bed

It has been one year since anyone saw Hada, a Mongolian writer and bookseller who was disappeared from a hospital bed by Chinese state agents.

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