Category Archives: Internet Freedom

2016 RSF-TV5 Monde Press Freedom Prize: Prize awarded to Syrian and Chinese journalists, website

Posted on 11/07/2016 by | 2 comments

2016-rsfThe 2016 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – TV5 Monde Press Freedom Prize will be awarded to Syrian reporter Hadi Abdullah, the Chinese news website 64Tianwang, and Chinese citizen journalists Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu at a ceremony in Strasbourg tomorrow evening (8 November). Continue reading →

2 Comments

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom

Tagged , , , , , , , ,

Blogger and Activist Liu Yanli Charged with Defamation in China

Posted on 11/04/2016 by | Blogger and Activist Liu Yanli Charged with Defamation in China已关闭评论

November 4, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

NEW YORK – PEN America is disturbed that after more than a month in detention, blogger Liu Yanli, a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been formally charged with defamation for a few short social media messages posted to a closed group of online friends.

Continue reading →

Blogger and Activist Liu Yanli Charged with Defamation in China已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, PEN International News

Tagged , , ,

China Detains Jilin Activist For Wearing Anti-Xi Jinping T-Shirt

Posted on 11/03/2016 by | China Detains Jilin Activist For Wearing Anti-Xi Jinping T-Shirt已关闭评论
kwon-pyong-is-shown-wearing-t-shirt-criticizing-chinese-president-xi-jinping

Kwon Pyong is shown wearing T-shirt criticizing Chinese president Xi Jinping, Sept. 30, 2016. Photo courtesy of Kwon Pyong’s Twitter account

Chinese authorities have secretly detained a graduate of a U.S. university who supported human rights and pro-democracy campaigns after he told friends he would wear a T-shirt merging the name of President Xi Jinping with Hitler’s. Continue reading →

China Detains Jilin Activist For Wearing Anti-Xi Jinping T-Shirt已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom

Tagged , , , , ,

Rights Groups Call For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Detained at G20

Posted on 10/31/2016 by | Rights Groups Call For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Detained at G20已关闭评论
citizen-journalist-yuan-ying

Citizen journalist Yuan Ying, one of the Tianwang contributors already released, is shown in an undated photo. RFA

Chinese police are still holding a citizen journalist detained during the G20 summit in Hangzhou last month, prompting calls for her release from an international rights group concerned that she may be at risk of torture. Continue reading →

Rights Groups Call For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Detained at G20已关闭评论

Posted in Internet Freedom, Press Freedom

Tagged , , ,

‘She Was The Pride of The Mongolian People’

Posted on 10/30/2016 by | ‘She Was The Pride of The Mongolian People’已关闭评论
inner-mongolian-dissident-huuchinhuu

Inner Mongolian dissident Huuchinhuu is shown in an undated photo provided by her family. RFA

Chinese authorities have shuttered a popular website used by ethnic Mongolians following the death of a veteran dissident writer. Continue reading →

‘She Was The Pride of The Mongolian People’已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom

Tagged , , , ,

Saudi Arabia must not flog Raif Badawi for blogging

Posted on 10/20/2016 by | Saudi Arabia must not flog Raif Badawi for blogging已关闭评论

Update #9 to RAN 02/13

raif-badawi20 October 2016 – PEN International is deeply concerned by news reports, as yet unconfirmed, that the Saudi government may resume the lashing punishment against blogger Raif Badawi, currently serving a 10-year sentence in Saudi Arabia. The news was announced in a statement by The Raif Badawi Foundation, which said it had received the confirmation from the same source that had notified his family about the first 50 of 1,000 lashes, which Badawi was given on 9 January, 2015. After his first flogging, Badawi’s remaining 950 lashes were postponed indefinitely on medical grounds. Continue reading →

Saudi Arabia must not flog Raif Badawi for blogging已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, PEN International News

Tagged , ,

China Slaps Website With Two-Month Suspension From Media ‘Whitelist’

Posted on 10/14/2016 by | China Slaps Website With Two-Month Suspension From Media ‘Whitelist’已关闭评论
caixin-media

Screenshot of Caixin media’s website, which has been accused by China’s censors of “repeatedly violating news and propaganda discipline” during the past year. Public Domain.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has issued a sharp rebuke to the cutting-edge Caixin media group, ordering a two-month ban on republishing its content. Continue reading →

China Slaps Website With Two-Month Suspension From Media ‘Whitelist’已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom

Tagged , , ,

Chinese Analysis Website Stays Offline as Media Crackdown Widens

Posted on 10/06/2016 by | Chinese Analysis Website Stays Offline as Media Crackdown Widens已关闭评论
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province

Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. Imagine China

An outspoken Chinese website that specialized in wide-ranging political and economic analysis remained unavailable on Tuesday, three days after going offline, amid an ever-tightening crackdown on public spaces for debate. Continue reading →

Chinese Analysis Website Stays Offline as Media Crackdown Widens已关闭评论

Posted in crackdown, Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom

Tagged , , , ,