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ICPC Statement on PEN International Day of Imprisoned Writers

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15 November 2012

Two Writers Honoured Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award

Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) has honoured two imprisoned writers, Dolma Kyab and WU Yilong, the laureates of ICPC’s Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award in 2012 for their long-term tenacity and courage in writing regardless of imprisonments. Besides, ICPC have named 8 new honorary members – CHEN Xi, GAO Zhisheng, Tashi Rabten, Kunchok Tsephel Gopey Tsang, Kunga Tseyang, Gangkye Drubpa Kyab, RAO Wenwei and LI Bifeng. Continue reading →

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Missing Chinese Lawyer Said to Be in Remote Prison

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The New York Times

BEIJING — The brother of a prominent dissident rights lawyer who had been missing for 20 months said Sunday that the lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, was being held in a prison in the remote western region of Xinjiang.

Gao Zhisheng has been jailed in Xinjiang, his brother says. Continue reading →

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China sends campaigning rights lawyer back to jail

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Reuters
By Chris Buckley and Sui-Lee Wee

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has sent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng back to jail, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, ending his probation in what was the first official account of his whereabouts in the last year. Continue reading →

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Beijing court withdraws probation on ex-lawyer convicted of overthrowing state

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Xinhua

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — A Beijing court Friday withdrew probation on a former lawyer convicted of inciting to overthrow the state power and put him back in jail.

Gao Zhisheng, 47, was sentenced to three years in prison with five years of probation and deprived of political rights for one year on Dec. 22, 2006, said a statement from the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court.

He had seriously violated probation rules for a number of times, which led to the court decision to withdraw the probation, the statement said.

Gao, holding a residence permit of the city of Urumqi in Xinjiang, had been a lawyer based in Beijing before the conviction.

He would serve his term in prison in next three years, the statement said.

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ICPC Statement on PEN International Day of Imprisoned Writers

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Three Writers Honored To Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Awards

On 15 November 2011, Independent Chinese PEN Centre (ICPC) announced that three imprisoned writers, Hada, QIN Yongmin and CHEN Wei, were honored as this year’s laureates of its Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award for their long-term tenacity and courage in writing regardless of repeated imprisonments; Besides, ICPC have granted 9 new honorary members, CHEN Wei, LI Tie, Memetjan Abdulla, WANG Lihong (Female), Jangtse Donkho, Buddha, Kalsang Jinpa, Dokru Tsultrim, and WEN Yan (aka SUN Buer). Continue reading →

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Reality Far More Absurd: A Conversation with Zhou Qing

Posted on 09/16/2011 by | Reality Far More Absurd: A Conversation with Zhou Qing已关闭评论

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Zhou Qing is a writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center who has written several groundbreaking books of investigative nonfiction. Among them are The Underground Culture: Handwritten Manuscripts During the Cultural Revolution, Internal Exile, and his most acclaimed and internationally recognized work, What Kind of God: A Survey of the Current Safety of China’s Food, an exposé of Chinese food production in China published in 2004 that won the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reporting. Continue reading →

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