>> 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 > Zhang Jianhong | | Zhang Jianhong (pen name: Li Hong) Freelance writer, playwright, poet and member of Independent Chinese PEN Center, arrested on September 6, 2006 and charged with “incitement to subversion of state power” for his critical articles published on overseas websites. Zhang was sentenced to six years in prison on March 19, 2007. He is reportedly suffering from muscle necrosis, a condition that has led to partial paralysis and continues to worsen despite his transfer to the General Hospital of Zhejiang Prison in Hangzhou City. He applied for medical parole on May 31, 2007, but that application was denied. He has not yet received a response to a more recent application.       >> 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 Zhang Jianhong   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.