Mexico: Jorge Torres Palacios found dead in Guerrero

 


Posted June 16th, 2014 by English PEN staff & filed under Campaigns.
English PEN joins PEN Mexico in protesting the murder of journalist Jorge Torres Palacios who was found dead on 2 June 2014. Continue reading

Ai Weiwei’s fake ‘leg-guns’ become Chinese Internet meme

 

BY WILLIAM WAN June 16

BEIJING — Like most Internet memes, the leg-gun pose that has caught on in China is hard to describe (much less explain).

It involves taking a selfie while holding your leg up as though aiming it like a rifle. Continue reading

You Won’t Get Near Tiananmen!’: Hu Jia on the Continuing Crackdown

IAN JOHNSON 06.02.14

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Activist Hu Jia in Beijing, April 2014. Continue reading

Chinese Lawyers Lodge Formal Complaint Over New Rules

2014-06-17


Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (L) stands with his lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as he leaves for court in Beijing, July 20, 2012.
AFP
Chinese lawyers have launched a signature campaign against moves Continue reading

Chinese rights lawyers warn of crackdown after arrest of Pu Zhiqiang

Detentions of artist Ai Weiwei’s lawyer and numerous others reveal Beijing’s fear about growth in rights activism, says

Tania Branigan in Beijing

theguardian.com, Tuesday 17 June 2014 10.09 EDT

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Recommended Reading: Poetry in Translation

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 16, 2014

Over the next month, PEN will be highlighting titles that have been longlisted for the 2014 PEN Literary Awards as a helpful guide for your summer reading. Continue reading

‘Every hour a glass of wine’ – the female writers who drank

The long list of male alcoholic authors is well known, but what about their literary sisters? Continue reading

Censorship storm as YouTube bans Alliance for True Democracy ad

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 June, 2014, 3:36am UPDATED : Tuesday, 17 June, 2014, 9:46am

Ng Kang-chung
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Censorship storm as YouTube bans Alliance for True Democracy ad

Video-sharing website YouTube is facing a political censorship row after Continue reading