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Campaign for Liu Xiaobo
PEN International Writers in Prison Committee | 3 December 2012
3 December 2012
Today, PEN International joins Front Line Defenders, Protection International, OMCT, International Partnership for Human Rights, and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in a call to the Presidents of the European Union to raise the case of Chinese poet, human rights defender and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony, Oslo, on 10 December 2012.
We believe that during the Nobel lectures, the European Union should mark the fourth anniversary of Liu Xiaobo's harsh imprisonment as well as the second anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to him, by urging the Chinese authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him.
URGENT CALL FOR ACTION
Please send letters immediately in your own languages to the Presidents of the European Union calling upon them to raise the case of poet and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony, Oslo, on 10 December 2012, urging his immediate and unconditional release.
Send your messages to:
Mr Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council:press.president@consilium.europa.eu;
Mr José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission: jose-manuel.barroso@ec.europa.eu
Mr Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament: martin.schulz@europarl.europa.eu
Thank you for your support.
Cathy McCann/ Researcher / PEN International
Brownlow House
50-51 High Holborn
London WC1V 6ER.
t. +44 (0)20 7405 0338 | f. +44 (0)20 7405 0339 | Twitter | Facebook | www.pen-international.org
PEN International Writers in Prison Committee | 08 November 2012
PEN International, in partnership with the Dublin-based human rights group Frontline Defenders (www.frontlinedefenders.org), will be launching an international campaign for imprisoned Chinese poet and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo in early December 2012, and is asking for your support. The campaign is aimed at pressuring the Chinese authorities at this time of leadership transition to release the acclaimed writer from his harsh imprisonment, the fourth year of which will be marked on 8 December 2012.
We are gathering video recordings of writers and poets around the world reading excerpts of Liu Xiaobo's poetry, which will be uploaded onto a website and used as the basis for a series of actions and events leading up to 10 December (International Human Rights Day). The videos will be placed online at the launch of the campaign, and an edited compilation will be created for use in campaign events.
The process for uploading a video is very simple. Please click here for instructions for submitting your video recording, and writing samples by Liu Xiaobo (in English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Farsi and Chinese). A campaign paper with recommended actions will follow.
Thank you for taking part in this campaign.
Cathy McCann/ Researcher / PEN International
Brownlow House
50-51 High Holborn
London WC1V 6ER.
t. +44 (0)20 7405 0338 | f. +44 (0)20 7405 0339 | Twitter | Facebook | www.pen-international.org
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