PEN America
is trying to get China
to free nearly 40 writers
rounded up in advance of
this year’s Olympics
World-renowned writers from China and North America marked International Human Rights Day by launching We Are Ready for Freedom of Expression, a campaign that challenges the Chinese government to release all the writers and journalists it is holding in prisons before the August 8, 2008 opening of the Olympic Games. Noted Chinese authors Liu Xiaobo and Zheng Yi were among those joining international counterparts including Margaret Atwood, Francine Prose, and Salman Rushdie in issuing the challenge on behalf of PEN.
You can help:
Sign the petition to the Chinese government
Sign the petition to the U.S. Congress
Sign up to receive updates & breaking campaign news
Information on 38 currently imprisoned writers
(plus four others already released)
with actions you can take
to help each
are on the Penn American Center site!
http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1527
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