Press Release
April 7,2011
ICPC Statement to Protest Illegal Detention of Artist Ai Weiwei and Other Rights Defenders
Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) strongly protests that Chinese regime has detained prominent artist Ai Weiwei and other human rights defenders in serious violation of China’s legal procedure, call on all the communities over the world to pay a close attention to these cases. Continue reading
Press Release
March 25 2011
ICPC Statement to Protest Severe Sentence of Writer Liu Xianbin
Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) is alarmed to have learnt that Mr. Liu Xianbin, a honorary member and a recipient of its 2010 Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award, has been sentenced this morning by Suining Intermediate People’s Court, Sichuan Province in western China, to 10 years imprisonment with further 2 years and 4 months deprivation of political rights for inciting subversion of the state power after The trial lasted for about 2 hours, including 1 hour and half for the court hearing and half hour for adjournment for the verdict announcement. Continue reading
ICPC Statement on Detention of Zhu Yufu and Mo Jiangang
March 7, 2011
The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) strongly protests against the detention of its members, Zhu Yufu in Zhejiang Provice and Mo Jiangang in Guizhou Provice. Continue reading
