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May 6, 2008:
Chinese Authorities Detain Writer Zhou Yuanzhi
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 April 30, 2008:
PEN Writer and Chinese Citizen Yu Zhang Denied Entry to Hong Kong
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 April 24, 2008:
PEN to Present Petition to Chinese Mission Demanding Release of Jailed Colleagues
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 April 18, 2008:
PEN Denounces Detention of Jamyang Kyi
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 April 11, 2008:
Yang Tongyan to Receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
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 April 11, 2008:
V.A. Nurse to Receive 2008 PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award
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 April 10, 2008:
Zhu Yufu Receives Tougher Sentence After Re-Trial
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 April 3, 2008:
Hu Jia Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years for for “Inciting Subversion”
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March 31, 2008:
British Author Sebastian Horsley Refused Entry to U.S.
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March 18, 2008:
Trial Reinforces Fears Hu Jia Is Being Silenced for His Writings
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 March 18, 2008:
On Fifth Anniversary of Cuba's Black Spring, 28 Writers Still Imprisoned
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 March 17, 2008:
PEN to China: Let Free Press Tell True Story in Tibet
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 March 11, 2008:
Charges Against Turkmen Writer Dropped
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 March 8, 2008:
International Women's Day: Women Writing Under Surveillance in China
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MORE NEWS:
February 8, 2008: Yu Huafeng Released from Prison in China
February 7, 2008: New Law Expands Iraqi Refugee Processing
February 5, 2008: Two Releases, One Conviction, One Indefinite Detention: Another Mixed Week in China
February 1, 2008: James Risen Subpoenaed Over Source for Book
January 28, 2008: Mother of Jailed Writer to Sit With First Lady at Bush Speech
January 28, 2008: Pamuk Prosecutor Arrested, Charged in Plot
January 18, 2008: First Anniversary of Murder of Armenian-Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink
January 16, 2008: PEN Concerned About Terms of Release of Cyber-Dissident in China
January 3, 2008: Activist Hu Jia Arrested in China: Number of Jailed Writers Rises to 42
December 21, 2007: Chinese Police Prevent Prominent Chinese Writers from Meeting in Beijing
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Journalist and poet arrested for posting meeting notes about China's Propaganda Department's treatment of the 15th anniversary of Tiananmen Square; currently serving 10-year sentence on charges of "leaking state secrets abroad." 
Journalist who has covered human rights abuses and written articles critical of government; held in psychiatric detention for over a year.
Executive Director of the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society and Editor-in-Chief of Pravo-zashchita (Rights Defense); convicted for "inciting interethnic hatred by using the mass media." 
