Articles by PEN America
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 […]
Former academic detained, facing potential “subversion” charges for articles on authorities’ earthquake response
(PEN American Center/PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 22 May 2008 PEN American Center and PEN Canada joint press release: Chinese Writer and Professor Guo Quan Detained: Faces Possible Subversion Charges for Articles on Earthquake Response New York, Toronto, Stockholm, May 22, 2008 – Guo Quan, a writer and former associate professor of literature […]
Writer Chen Daojun detained in Chengdu; writer Li Jianhong obliged to agree to never return before being allowed to accept fellowship abroad
(PEN/PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 12 May 2008 PEN American Center and PEN Canada joint press release: Writer Chen Daojun Detained in Chengdu New York, Toronto, Stockholm, May 12, 2008 – Chen Daojun, a freelance writer and journalist, has been detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” the second writer jailed […]
Critical freelance writer detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion”, his wife under house arrest
(PEN/PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a joint 6 May 2008 PEN Canada and PEN American Center press release: Arrest of Zhou Yuanzhi brings number of imprisoned writers to 40 New York, Toronto, Stockholm – Zhou Yuanzhi, a writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been detained in connection with his writings […]
Imprisoned dissident writer Yang Tongyan to receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award
(PEN/IFEX) – The following is a PEN American Center press release: Chinese Dissident Writer to Receive 2008 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award New York, New York, April 11, 2008 – PEN American Center today named Chinese dissident writer Yang Tongyan, who is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence, as recipient of its 2008 PEN/Barbara […]