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Writers from 80 PEN Centres from across the globe gather in Bishkek for the annual PEN International Congress

September 26, 2014

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – Over 200 delegates and PEN members will gather in Bishkek next week for the 80th PEN International Congress, bringing together prominent writers, journalists and poets from across Continue reading

BBC trending: Hong Kong’s ‘off-grid’ protesters

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Images of Hong Kong’s protests are being suppressed on the internet in mainland China, and 100,000 people in Hong Kong have joined a new social network that operates “off-the-grid”. Continue reading

Jailed Chinese Journalist Hires New Lawyer as Case Moves to Trial

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A file photo of Chinese journalist Gao Yu speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong.
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Imprisoned veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu has Continue reading

Hong Kong protests hit China’s National Day: Live Report

AFP By Jerome Taylor and AFP reporters in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (AFP) – 07:38 GMT – ‘We are not Tibet or Xinjiang’ – Edward Chin, a financier and prominent Occupy organiser, is in bullish mood today. He’s been speaking to AFP reporter Annabel Symington and believes the police know violence would lead to a backlash from the Hong Kong public. Continue reading

Record censorship of China’s social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked

PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 2:09pm

UPDATED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 6:14pm
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Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests

By Christina Larson September 29, 2014

0929-firewall-Hong-Kong-970-630x420Riot police disperse demonstrators with tear gas during a protest near central government offices in Hong Kong on Sept. 28
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Censors in China keep mainlanders in dark about Hong Kong protests

While the world watches tense protests in Hong Kong, many mainland citizens in China will not be able to see the unrest because of Chinese censorship.

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An Internet Where Nobody Says Anything-Ilham Tohti’s Sentence Shows Dark Vision for the Web of the Future

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Chinese police impose tight security, sealing off the road leading to the Urumqi Intermediate People’s court, as the trial of Ilham Tohti begins, in Urumqi, September 17, 2014.

Here is what a court in Urumqi, the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region, concludes Ilham Tohti, a balding, thick-set, Continue reading