>> 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 > Abdulghani Memetemin | | Abdulghani Memetemin Writer, teacher and translator from the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, arrested July 26, 2002 after providing information to the East Turkestan Information Centre (ETIC), a Uighur rights and pro-independence group run by exiled Uighurs in Germany. Memetemin was convicted in June 2003 by the Kashgar Intermediate People’s Court of “illegally providing state secrets to overseas organizations” and sentenced to nine years in prison. He was reportedly denied legal representation at his trial and has been tortured in prison.       >> 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 all Uighur writers and journalists   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.