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International PEN Uyghur Center: News
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 5 April 2013...Read more»
- Uzbekistan: convicted writer Mamadali Makhmudov is presented with new charges. The investigation on the new criminal case against 72-year old prisoner Uzbek writer Mamadali Makhmudov is condluded. He faces a prison term extension...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 29 March 2013...Read more»
- Reporters Without Borders condemns the jamming of the BBC World Service’s English-language shortwave radio broadcasts in China. The BBC issued a statement on February 25th deploring this violation of freedom of information...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 22 Feb 2013...Read more»
- 2013 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX: Asia-Pacific: 2013 index - Only three Asian countries are in the top 25 percent of the table, while 15 countries are among the bottom 45 places. Unsurprisingly, one-party authoritarian governments....Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 25 Jan 2013...Read more»
- CHINA: Renewed demands for information about the welfare of leading Uighur writer Nurmuhemmet Yasin. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International reiterates calls for information about the welfare of detained writer...Read more»
- UAA Urges China to Immediately Release Information on Nurmemet Yasin’s Condition. The Uyghur American Association (UAA) calls on China to immediately release information on Uyghur writer Nurmemet Yasin, who reportedly died over...Read more»
- China: Uighur writer’s death in prison would be bitter blow. The reported death of a celebrated Uighur writer in a Chinese prison, if confirmed, would be an indictment on freedom of expression, and expose harsh prison conditions in China...Read more»
- Reporters Without Borders regrets that New York Times correspondent Chris Buckley has had to leave mainland China, the country where he has worked as a reporter for the past 12 years, because the authorities did not respond...Read more»
- News Providers Decimated in 2012. Annual Overview News providers decimated in 2012
88 journalists and 47 citizen-journalists killed. Deadliest year for journalists
since Reporters Without Borders...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 21 Dec 2012...Read more»
- China: 12 Win Prestigious Free Speech Prize. Twelve writers, journalists, and activists from China have won the prestigious Hellman/Hammett award for 2012 in recognition of their efforts to promote free expression...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 10 Dec 2012...Read more»
- CHINA: Photojournalist “sent on holiday” after covering death of five children. Reporters Without Borders is dismayed to learned that independent photojournalist Li Yuanlong was forced to leave the southwestern...Read more»
- CHINA: International Committee for Liu Xiaobo. 134 Nobel Laureates Urge Incoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Release Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and Wife Liu Xia. Today, 134 Nobel Laureates across...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 15 Nov 2012...Read more»
- CHINA: European Union urged to take clear stand on censorship in China. As the 18th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party prepares to unveil the names of the country’s new leaders, the censorship...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 08 Nov 2012...Read more»
- CHINA : Already reelected – censorship and harassment of news providers. The next generation of China’s leaders will be named during the 18th congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that opens today...Read more»
- Japan- journalists barred from anti-nuclear protest coverage. Reporters Without Borders declares its support for a legal demand to the Tokyo regional court by three freelance journalists seeking access...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 19 Oct 2012...Read more»
- CHINA - Nobel laureate’s wife at a window, the only freedom she is allowed. Soon after the release of the video, dissident Hu Jia, also under house arrest, sent a message to Reporters WIthout Borders...Read more»
- CHINA: Citizen journalist on trial over self-published books about environment. Reporters Without Borders condemns the trial of Liu Futang, an ailing 64-year-old citizen-journalist specializing in the environment...Read more»
- Appeal for a Worldwide Reading for Pussy Riot on 12 December 2012: In the past weeks the Russian judiciary has missed the chance to end the infamous prosecution of Pussy Riot. The sentence in the first instance...Read more»
- In Memoriam of poet Nguyen Chi Thien: PEN International mourns the death of Vietnamese poet Nguyen Chi Thien who passed away on 2 October 2012. PEN members’ thoughts are with his family and friends...Read more»
- Read PEN International weekly on-line 09 Oct 2012...Read more»
- CHINA: Four young Tibetans jailed for providing information about self-immolation. Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that more Tibetans, including a minor, have been given long jail sentences...Read more»
