>> Take action on behalf of imprisoned writers in China >> Join the Freedom to Write Rapid Action Network >> Sign on to the Core Freedoms Campaign >> Offer your support to the Freedom to Write Program by making a donation to PEN Home > Kong Youping | | Kong Youping Internet writer and factory worker, arrested December 13, 2003 after posting five articles and seven poems on an overseas website that alleged corruption. Kong was sentenced on September 16, 2004 to 15 years in prison for “subverting state power,” a sentence that was reduced to 10 years on appeal. He is currently being held at Lingyuan City Prison in Liaoning Province and is reportedly suffering from high blood pressure and deteriorating eyesight.       >> Write a letter to the Chinese government >> Write a letter to President Bush >> Write a letter to your members of Congress >> Write a letter on behalf of Kong Youping and Ning Xianhua   NEWS June 19, 2008: 50 Days Before Olympics, PEN Urges U.S. Action for Writers Jailed in China   Home | Site Map | Copyright / Privacy Policy | Contact Us © 2004-2008 PEN American Center. All rights reserved.