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Writers for Freedom of Expression in China
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When China was bidding for the Olympics in 2001, the Chinese government made explicit promises to improve its human rights record. But the Olympics have come and gone, with little or no progress for freedom of expression in China. Chinese writers continue to be censored, harassed, and imprisoned throughout the country. More writers are imprisoned now than ever before.
In December 2008, authorities arrested prominent PEN Member Liu Xiaobo after he co-authored a manifesto calling for greater freedoms and democracy in China, which was signed by hundreds citizens from all walks of life. Liu is being held on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” If convicted, he faces at least three years in prison. His case illustrates the lengths the Chinese government will still go to stifle free expression, and the determination of Chinese writers to fight for this most basic right. We stand with them in their struggle. |
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RECENT NEWS
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July 23, 2011:
Independent Chinese PEN Center Celebrates Tenth Anniversary in Shadow of Escalating Repression
>> More
June 22, 2011:
Ai Weiwei Released from Detention in Beijing >> More
April 27, 2011:
Banned Writer Liao Yiwu, Salman Rushdie Exchange Messages, Solidarity >> More
April 22, 2011:
Chinese Government Bars Writer Liao Yiwu From Attending PEN Festival in New York >> More
March 3, 2011:
China’s Domestic and International Free Expression Obligations >> More
March 2, 2011:
PEN International Condemns Detention of Independent Chinese PEN Center Webmaster Ye Du >> More
February 25, 2011:
Chinese Writers React to Crackdown >> More
February 22, 2011:
PEN Sounds Alarm Over Treatment of Jailed Nobel Laureate’s Wife in China >> More
February 17, 2011:
PEN American Center Decries “Thuggery” in Attacks on Foreign Press in China >> More
November 10, 2010:
PEN American Center President Appiah Testifies Before Congress on Liu Xiaobo >> More
November 5, 2010:
PEN American Center Concerned About Increased Pressure on PEN Members in China >> More
October 8, 2010:
PEN’s Own Liu Xiaobo, Imprisoned Chinese Writer, Wins Nobel Peace Prize >> More
>> Complete News Archive
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PRESS
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 Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo
Interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah
from The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC
Nobel winner Liu Xiaobo's wife under house arrest after prison visit
By Tom Lasseter
from McClatchy Newspapers
Intellectuals held in China crackdown after Liu Xiaobo gets Nobel peace prize
By Jonathan Watts
from The Guardian
>> Complete Press Archive
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RECENT EVENTS
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On New Year’s Eve 2009, E.L. Doctorow, Don DeLillo, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Edward Albee, A.M. Homes, Honor Moore, and other PEN Members gathered on the steps of the New York Public Library to demand the release of writer Liu Xiaobo. >> More
On the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, PEN honored the more than 40 writers imprisoned in China. >> More
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RESOURCES
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Kwame Anthony Appiah's Nomination of Liu Xiaobo for the Nobel Peace Prize
PEN American Center president's official letter of nomination to the Nobel Committee. >> More
Beyond the Olympics: The Freedom to Write in China, After the Spotlight
An assessment on the state of freedom of expression in China before, during, and after the Olympic Games. >> More
Failing to Deliver: An Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression in China
a progress report on the state of freedom of expression in China. >> More
PEN's letter to the Chinese government
We are writing on behalf of our members and the entire community of International PEN . . . to urge you to release 40 of our colleagues who are in prison in your country in violation of their right to freedom of expression. >> More
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