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12/09/10: PEN American Center Pays Tribute to Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

PEN American Center today congratulated imprisoned writer Liu Xiaobo on the eve of the ceremony celebrating him as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

12/09/10: PEN International Reiterates Call to Release Liu Xiaobo as Peace Prize Awarded 

Today in Oslo, PEN International has reiterated its call for the immediate and unconditional release of Liu Xiaobo.

11/16/10: Egyptian Blogger Kareem Amer Released from Prison

PEN welcomes the news that PEN American Center Honorary Member Kareem Amer, was released from prison Monday evening.

11/15/10: PEN International Commemorates 50 Years of Work on Day of the Imprisoned Writer

The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International commemorates its 50th year in 2010 on the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer.

11/10/10: PEN American Center President Appiah Testifies Before Congress on Liu Xiaobo

In testimony before Congress, PEN American Center President Kwame Anthony Appiah criticized the Chinese government's attempts to censor information.

12/10/10: PEN's Writers in Prison Comittee: The Hard Cases and ...
The Independent

Dictatorships come and go. But for PEN, the tradition of solidarity between writers prevails.


12/10/10: A chair and a photo stand in for Liu Xiaobo at Nobel ceremony
The Guardian

Few nations heed Beijing's boycott as committee calls for winner to be freed and tells China: citizens have right to criticise.


12/10/10: Nobel goes to empty chair
The Maddow Blog

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, today.


12/10/10: Nobel awarded to empty chair as China keeps dissidents quiet
McClatchy

The Nobel Peace Prize committee presented its award Friday in Norway to an empty chair reserved for imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo ....


12/10/10: Nobel Peace Prize: the life and work of Liu Xiaobo
The Telegraph

The arc of Liu Xiaobo's life, from his youth as a literature professor to the years he has spent in prison.