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China - Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai’s arbitrary detention raised at United Nations 

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China: Five years after conviction, PEN International renews call for imprisoned writer Yang Hengjun’s release

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10 years on since his arrest, PEN International renews calls for Ilham Tohti's immediate release

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China - Xinjiang: PEN International condemns life sentence handed down to Rahile Dawut

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China - Tibet: Alarm over assault of Tibetan language rights advocate Tashi Wangchuk

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China: Release citizen journalist Huang Qi

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China - Hong Kong: Son of media mogul Jimmy Lai to address the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of PEN International

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PEN International joins PEN Centres worldwide in call for release of Chinese writer and journalist Dong Yuyu

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China - Hong Kong: PEN International and PEN America denounce the removal of books from Hong Kong’s public libraries

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PEN International joins PEN Centres in submission to UN committee on women writers in China

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China: PEN International joins ICPC and PEN America in open letter to prison official regarding imprisonment of poet Lü Gengsong

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 Chinese Authorities Must Release “Blank Paper” Protesters And Allow Free Expression On Covid-19 Pandemic

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China - Hong Kong: Leading media figure and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to over five years in prison

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China-Hong Kong: PEN Centres join CPJ and partners in calling on Hong Kong leader to secure Jimmy Lai’s release

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China: Poet and member of Independent Chinese PEN, Zhang Guiqi, sentenced to six years’ imprisonment

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China: PEN Centres call for writer Xu Zhiyong’s immediate release

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China: PEN Centres world-wide call for the release of Australian writer Yang Hengjun

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