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Another Writer Receives A Lengthy Prison Term

Dissident writer Chen Xi was sentenced to 10 years in prison on December 26, 2011, for “inciting subversion of state power” in essays published on overseas web sites. More

Reporter Shot to Death in Nuevo León

Raúl Régulo Garza Quirino, reporter for the weekly newspaper La Ultima Palabra was gunned down on January 6, 2012, by a gang in Cadereyta, state of Nuevo León, and… More

Internet Writer’s Sentence Reduced

The sentence of university teacher and Internet writer Pham Minh Hoang has been reduced by an appeals court from three years to 17 months. More