Take Action for Jimmy Lai on WPFD
May 3, 2023 — On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International mobilizes in support of Hong Kong media tycoon, Jimmy Lai. (London, UK) –To mark the 30th anniversary of World …
Tag: China
BOYCOTT THE WINTER OLYMPICS
Six months ago Richard Stursberg, as outgoing president of PEN Canada, urged the Trudeau government to boycott the 20-22 winter Olympics in China. Read his full letter below. The Right …
Day of the Imprisoned Writer | Ken Whyte writes to Rahile Dawut
Ken Whyte writes to Rahile Dawut for PEN’s Day of the Imprisoned Writer
Tiananmen, 25 Years Later: What I Saw
Writer Sheng Xue shares a harrowing account of what it was like to be there. Photographer Alan Chin shares his archive photographs.
From the Archives: Liu Xiaobo wins 2012 One Humanity Award
Former PEN Canada president Charles Foran presents the award to Liu Xiaobo. We had hoped to get his reaction but we were unable to make contact with him in prison. Activist …
Corruption and Reform in the People’s Republic
Jiang Weiping, journalist, dissident and PEN Canada Honorary Member spoke to OpenCanada.org about some of the challenges China’s new leadership will face.
Jiang Weiping on Bo Xilai
Bo Xilai, the former boss of the Chongqing Communist Party, was recently sacked after a corruption scandal involving his family. Jiang Weiping, an Honorary Member of PEN Canada, is a Chinese journalist who served a six year prison sentence for “inciting subversion of state power” after he published an exposé of Bo’s corruption more than a decade ago.