（2008年8月8日）
在北京奥运会于2008年8月8日开幕之际，
- 44位作家和新闻工作者目前仍关在中国监狱里；
- 未入狱的异议作家和新闻工作者面临针对其人身和自由言说及出版能
力的严重限制； - 网络审查和其他诸如颠覆和煽动分离或分裂等法律被例行滥用于否定
普遍保证的言论自由权。
奥林匹克理念主张“体育运动国际性与民主的平等”。
奥林匹克运动的目标是“通过没有任何形式的歧视且体现友谊、
国际笔会因此追问：
拘捕作家和审查与民主如何一致？
压制报道如何推进平等与和平？
公平精神与审查并不兼容，
国际笔会敦促中国政府确认其弘扬奥林匹克理念精神的承诺而做到：
- 释放所有目前系狱的作家和新闻工作者，停止拘捕、
骚扰和监视在中国的作家和新闻工作者； - 终止网络审查，
修改用于监禁作家和新闻工作者以及压制言论自由的法律； - 遵守其“直到奥运期间对媒体报道和记者行动都没有限制”的承诺。
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关于国际笔会
原来于1921年建立以弘扬文学，
我们基本的目标是，通过阅读和写作，跨越诸多文化和语言，
我们的会籍向所有赞成笔会章程的作家开放，不拘国籍、语言、
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进一步信息，
Cathy McCann
Brownlow House
50-51 High Holborn
London WC1V 6ER.
Tel.
Fax: +44 (0)20 7405 0339
Freedom of expression in China; on the opening of the Olympic Games,
International PEN calls for an end to censorship and the repression and imprisonment of Chinese writers
8 August 2008
On the opening of the Olympic Games in Beijing on 8 August 2008, International PEN, the world association of writers, notes that:
- there are 44 writers and journalists currently held in Chinese prisons;
- dissident writers and journalists not in prison face serious restrictions on their movements and on their ability to speak and publish freely;
- Internet censorship and other laws such as subversion and inciting separatism or splittism are regularly used to deny the universally-guaranteed right to freedom of expression;
The Olympic ideal speaks of equality of sports which are international and democratic.
The goal of the Olympic movement is to contribute to the building of a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport, practiced without discrimination of any kind, in a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.
International PEN therefore asks:
How do arrests of writers and censorship tally with democracy?
How can suppression of reporting promote equality and peace?
Fair play and censorship are not compatible, nor does the repression of writers promote the building of a peaceful and better world.
International PEN urges the Chinese government to affirm its commitment to promoting the spirit of the Olympic ideal by:
- releasing all writers and journalists currently imprisoned and stop detaining, harassing, and censoring writers and journalists in China;
- end Internet censorship, and reform laws used to imprison writers and journalists and suppress freedom of expression;
- abide by its pledge that there will be no restrictions on media reporting and movement of journalists up to and including the Olympic Games.
About International PEN
Originally founded in 1921 to promote literature, today International PEN has 145 Centres in 104 countries across the globe. It recognises that literature is essential to understanding and engaging with other worlds; if you can’t hear the voice of another culture how can you understand it?
Our primary goal is to engage with, and empower, societies and communities across cultures and languages, through reading and writing. We believe that writers can play a crucial role in changing and developing civil society. We do this through the promotion of literature, international campaigning on issues such as translation and freedom of expression and improving access to literature at intenational, regional and national levels.
Our membership is open to all published writers who subscribe to the PEN Charter regardless of nationality, language, race, colour or religion. International PEN is a non-political organisation and has special consultative status at UNESCO and the United Nations.
For more information contact:
Cathy McCann
Researcher, Asia/Middle East
International PEN Writers in Prison Committee
Brownlow House
50-51 High Holborn
London WC1V 6ER.
Tel.
Fax: +44 (0)20 7405 0339