Articles by PEN America
PEN American Center and other leading human rights organisations file lawsuit challenging constitutionality of new surveillance law
(PEN/IFEX) – On 10 July 2008, PEN American Center joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other leading international human rights organisations, journalists and attorneys in filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the newly-enacted FISA Amendments Act, a law that grants the Administration the power to carry out […]
PEN American Center and PEN Canada document deteriorating climate for free expression, call on government to live up to Olympic promises
(PEN American Center/PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is an 8 July 2008 PEN American Center and PEN Canada joint press release: China Fails to Deliver: an Olympic-Year Report Card on Free Expression from PEN New York, Toronto, Stockholm, July 8, 2008 – In a distressing report released today, three International PEN centers give China a […]
Independent Chinese PEN Center members detained, harassed during Bush visit; freelance journalist released
(PEN American Center/PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 2 July 2008 PEN American Center and PEN Canada joint press release: Journalist Sentenced, Others Prevented From Meeting U.S. Officials New York, Toronto, Stockholm, July 2, 2008 – PEN centers expressed disappointment today over the sentencing of journalist Sun Lin in Nanjing and the detention and […]
Women Writing Under Surveillance in China
Women Writing Under Surveillance in China
Two associates of missing blogger detained; one questioned about colleague’s activities at quake site and released, the other still incommunicado
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a joint press release by PEN American Center and PEN Canada: Detentions Escalate at China Quake Site New York, Toronto, Stockholm, June 13, 2008 – PEN expressed alarm today over the disappearance of leading cyber-dissident Huang Qi, who was last seen being forced into a car by three unidentified men […]
Police hold freelance journalist incommunicado, raid his home; dissident writer released, another harassed
(PEN/PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 6 June 2008 PEN American Center and PEN Canada joint press release: Feng Zhenghu Held Incommunicado New York, Toronto, Stockholm, June 6, 2008 – Feng Zhenghu, a Shanghai-based rights defender, online writer and freelance journalist, has been detained in a week that has seen significant backsliding in the […]
Journalist Normando Hernández González removed from hospital, returned to prison, held in complete isolation in life-threatening conditions
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN American Center press release: Cuban Writer Removed from Hospital, Returned to Prison Normando Hernández González Kept in Isolation Cell New York, New York, May 30, 2008 – In what PEN has called a “shocking and very discouraging turn of events,” writer and independent journalist Normando Hernández González has […]
Persecuted Tibetan online writer target of cyber-attacks
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN American Center press release: PEN Protests Cyber-Attacks Against Tibetan Writer Urges Action Against Saboteurs New York, New York, May 28, 2008 – PEN American Center today expressed “profound concern” that Beijing-based Tibetan writer Woeser is apparently the target of serious cyber-attacks aimed at disrupting her personal communications and […]