The defense attorney for jailed rights lawyer Li Heping discovered he was relieved of duty when he visited his client in detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
The relatives and defense lawyers of 19 human rights lawyers currently facing subversion charges have written to China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), calling for an independent inquiry into breaches of legal process in the handling of their cases. Continue reading
Chinese Attorneys, Relatives Demand Public Inquiry Into Lawyers’ Detentions已关闭评论
Posted in honorary Members, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom, Subversion
World Poetry Day, marked each year on 21 March, is an opportunity to celebrate poetry, the power and creativity of language and to promote reading, writing, publishing, and teaching poetry throughout the world. PEN International uses this day to highlight the great challenges poets face across the globe simply for their work. Each year PEN focuses its campaigning on behalf of poets who have paid a high price for their poetry and ask Centres, PEN members and supporters to take action on their behalf. Continue reading
On World Poetry Day Take Action for Dissident Poets已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, PEN International News, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Amanuel Asrat, Aron Atabek, Ashraf Fayadh, Liu Xia, Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-‘Ajami, PEN, World Poetry Day
8 March 2016 – Tibetan Writers Abroad PEN Centre marked International Women’s Day by holding a workshop at Dolmaling Nunnery in Dharamasala, India with over 250 female participants. Speakers at the conference included five Tibetan women writers and three nun writers, exploring issues relating to freedom of expression and dangers facing women writers, including PEN International’s focus cases Fatima Naoot, Mahvash Sabet and Narges Mohammadi. Continue reading
Tibetan Writers Abroad PEN Centre mark International Women’s Day已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, PEN International News, Tibetan
Tagged Jamyang Kyi, Norzim Wangmo, Tibetan PEN, Tsering Woser, Women’s Day, Yeshi Choedon
Case comes after controversy caused by the disappearance of five booksellers in Hong Kong in an apparent crackdown on the sale of works critical of China’s government
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Yuan Yulai is well known for this legal battles against government departments. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Yuan Yulai, 61, known for high-profile cases has he brought against government departments and ministries, filed the lawsuit in Zhejiang province on Monday. Continue reading
Chinese rights lawyer takes legal action after Hong Kong, Taiwan-published books seized已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, censorship, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Yuan Yulai
Saturday 2 April, 2:00 pm—9:30 pm |Free
As part of the Enemies Project, over 30 contemporary English writers will present new works in tribute to writers at risk around the world.
On 2 April 2016, over 30 writers, poets, novelists, playwrights and artists will come together to celebrate English PEN’s Writers at Risk programme and the incredible individuals we support. Continue reading
The English PEN Modern Literature Festival已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, PEN International News, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged English PEN, Literature, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Zhu Yufu
Zhang Kai. Photo via his blog, with the tag “Hope.”
Lawyer Zhang Kai was taken into police custody in Wenzhou on August 25, 2015. He was placed in residential surveillance in a designated location for six months, after which he appeared on Chinese television to make a “confession” on February 25. Continue reading
The Case of Zhang Kai: Refuting Lies, Clarifying the Facts, and Setting the Record Straight已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Religious Freedom
Tagged confession, Lawyer, Wenzhou, Zhang Kai
Customers browse books on Chinese politics by Mighty Current, the publisher that has seen five of its booksellers disappear, at a stall set up by political activists in Hong Kong on Feb. 5. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
Five Hong Kong booksellers disappeared and later turned up in police custody on mainland China, and nearly two months later, Chinese authorities have yet to explain how they got there. Continue reading
A Chilling Effect As Hong Kong’s Missing Bookseller Cases Go Unresolved已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, honorary Members, Press Freedom
Tagged Bao Pu, bookseller, disappearance, Hong Kong, Mighty Current, Yao Wentian, Yu Jie
Observers of the recent elections in Taiwan. Image provided by the author.
It was an amazing experience to be an observer to the Taiwan election. Together with a small group of writers and politicians from Europe and Japan, we had the chance to witness the peaceful and passionate election in Taiwan in mid-January. The landslide victory of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was already prognosticated by several poll institutes weeks ago. Tsai Ing-wen became the first female president, meeting all expectations, yet the results in the parliament election were still quite astonishing. The ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) has lost almost 50 percent from its original 64 seats down to 35 seats, giving the DPP to get a comfortable 68 of 113 majority. More stunning is the newly founded (as of January 25, 2015) so called third forces. Some of the young leaders of the New Power Party are coming from the Sunflower Movement. They have won 5 seats and became the third political force in parliament. Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao: “I am very, very sorry… I am proud to be Chinese.”已关闭评论
Posted in Taiwan, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged DPP, election, KMT, New Power Party, president, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen
