111. GULMIRA IMIN

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GULMIRA IMINPen name               

 Sex                             Female

 Birth date                1978

Birth place              Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region

Resident place         Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Continue reading →

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PEN International: Resolution on the People’s Republic of China (2018)

Posted on 10/21/2018 by | PEN International: Resolution on the People’s Republic of China (2018)已关闭评论

 (Approved by the Assembly of Delegates of PEN International, meeting at its 84th World Congress, in Pune, India from 25-29 September 2018)

PEN International has for many years expressed concern about serious and sweeping restrictions on freedom of expression in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), including through resolutions adopted at its annual Congresses, most recently at its 83rd World Congress in September 2017. Continue reading →

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Charter of Independent Chinese PEN Center

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(Adopted by the 2nd Congress of Membership Assembly, 23 October 2005, and amended by the 5th Congress of Membership Assembly, 19 October 2011 and the 8th Congress of Membership Assembly, 11 April 2018)

Chapter One: Generals

Article 1.

This PEN Center shall be a nongovernmental, nonprofit and nonpartisan organization beyond borders based on free association of those (generalized below as the Workers of Chinese Literature) who write, edit, translate, research and publish literature work in Chinese worldwide.

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131. CAO HAIBO (Released)

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Cao HaiboPen name                CAO Dapao

 Sex                              Male

 Birth date                1985-04-23

Birth place              Yangjian Village, Tinghu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province

Resident place         Chejiabi, Xishan District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province Continue reading →

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Final Verdict on Qin Yongmin from the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court

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On September 26, 2018, the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling on veteran rights activist Qin Yongmin’s case: conviction of subversion of state power, a 13-year prison term, and three years of post-release deprivation of political rights. Continue reading →

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197. ZHANG RONGPING (Released)

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Zhang ShengyuPen name                Zhang Shengyu

Sex                               Male

Birth date               1969-04-04

Birth place              Guiyang County, Hunan Province

Resident place       Guangzhou City, Guangzhou Province Continue reading →

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Open letter to Google on reported plans to launch a censored search engine in China

Posted on 08/29/2018 by | Open letter to Google on reported plans to launch a censored search engine in China已关闭评论

Dear Mr Pichai,

Like many of Google’s own employees, we are extremely concerned by reports that Google is developing a new censored search engine app for the Chinese market. The project, codenamed “Dragonfly”, would represent an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights. The Chinese government extensively violates the rights to freedom of expression and privacy; by accommodating the Chinese authorities’ repression of dissent, Google would be actively participating in those violations for millions of internet users in China. Continue reading →

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Qin Yongmin: Prominent Chinese dissident jailed for 13 years

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Chinese dissident Qin Yongmin, who is now 64, pictured in 1993–AFP/Getty Images

One of China’s highest-profile democracy campaigners has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for “subversion of state power”.

Qin Yongmin, 64, has already spent a total of 22 years behind bars. Continue reading →

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