Articles by PEN Canada
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
PEN Canada concerned about parliamentary bill provisions that could subject film and television productions to censorship
(PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 4 March 2008 PEN Canada letter Canadian Senator W. David Angus: Senator W. David Angus Chair – Senate Committee on Bank, Trade and Commerce Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6 Dear Mr. Angus, On behalf of the 1100 members of PEN Canada, I am writing regarding Bill C-10: An Act […]
Conditions of writer’s release “almost as repressive a form of censorship as a prison term”, says PEN
(PEN Canada/PEN/IFEX) – The following is a 16 January 2008 joint PEN Canada and PEN American Center press release: PEN Concerned About Terms of Release of Cyber-Dissident in China: Repression of Writers and Journalists Persists 204 Days before Olympic Games Begin New York, Toronto, January 16, 2008 – After one month in detention, Chinese internet […]
School removes book from library following complaint about author’s atheist background
(PEN Canada/IFEX) – The following is a 23 November 2007 PEN Canada press release: PEN Canada regrets school board decision to remove book Toronto November 23, 2007 – PEN Canada is distressed to see an Ontario school board once again removing a book from library shelves on the basis of a single complaint. The Halton […]