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#China: One year ago today, writer Yang Hengjun, an Australian citizen, was handed down a suspended death sentence by the #PRC government. Amid reports of his worsening health, we renew our call for his immediate and unconditional release. Read our statement⬇️

"Reports of appalling treatment of imprisoned writer #YangHengjun are deeply painful, highlighting the Chinese authorities’ failure to provide adequate medical care for those detained on politically motivated grounds," says Ma Thida, Chair PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee.

#HongKong: As the Chinese Foreign Minister prepares to visit the UK, in today's The Guardian we join human rights organisations in urging the UK Government to demand Jimmy Lai’s immediate and unconditional release #FreeJimmyLai Daphne Caruana Galizia Foundation Hong Kong Watch Freedom HK RSF

Thank you for the supportive messages today following Haroon Siddique’s report. We’re not letting these threats silence us. We must stand up to bullies, not give in. Remember the ultimate target of these vile tactics is one man: our client, #JimmyLai. theguardian.com/world/2025/feb…

It is remarkable to see people who have been through hell themselves dedicating their time, energy & expertise to supporting others. Vladimir Kara-Murza & Evgenia Kara-Murza are incredible. Their speeches today moved me & many others to tears. Vladimir’s freedom is testament to the fact that

Meta just announced it's deleting everyone's Facebook livestream archive in 30 days. In places like #HongKong, media outlets' precious record of news events, like the 2019 demos, will be lost. Their tools for backup/download barely work, and the filenames are nonsensical - I've

The Trump administration called book bans a hoax — but now the call is coming from inside the house. Vice President JD Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy" joins the list of books removed from Department of Defense schools pending "compliance review." Learn more: pen.org/julianne-moore…

Great development, via the 404 Media newsletter. Their investigations into how AI-generated slop books are flooding public libraries has now led Hoopla, which provides ebooks to libraries in the US, to "cull" AI books from their platform. 404media.co/email/4b603085…

5 years have passed since the Chinese regime sentenced publisher Gui Minhai on espionage charges. Where is #GuiMinhai? Why has he not received the consular protection he is entitled to under international conventions? #FreeGuiMinhai rsf.org/en/swedish-pub…

#Breaking: British-Egyptian academic, #HRD #LailaSouief, mother of Alaa Abd El Fattah, hospitalised over the night on day 149 of her hunger strike. Keir Starmer Abdelfattah Elsisi #freealaa now!

#Bangladesh: Civil society organisations raise concerns over emerging digital laws, highlighting risks to freedom of expression and human rights online. Read our joint statement: pen-international.org/news/banglades…

Early efforts are underway to turn the Voice of America into the Voice of Trump. Here's what sources inside VOA are saying... 🧵

Ongoing rappler.com/philippines/ro…

Writers can hold power to account in a way that few others can. Writer Le Huu Minh Tuan is serving 11 years in prison in Vietnam for his writings on human rights. We must raise our voices for Tuan and all writers at risk—now more than ever. Read more: pen.org/raising-our-vo…

"Targeted because of his exercise of his right to freedom of expression, Jimmy Lai should never have been prosecuted, and should be immediately released." —Dr. Tatyana Eatwell speaks to the UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59 on behalf of PEN International about the urgent need to #FreeJimmyLai

Coinciding with #WPFD, global media outlets unite to publish annual list, bringing attention to journalists, imprisoned for seeking to tell the truth. The list includes journalists in Asia:🇵🇭Frenchie Mae Cumpio, 🇭🇰Jimmy Lai, 🇨🇳Li Yanhe, 🇻🇳Phạm Đoan Trang. time.com/7281669/threat…

Delhi High Court to shortly hear a defamation suit filed by Newslaundry Executive Editor Manisha Pande and eight other women journalists against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for referring to them as ‘prostitutes’ and their workplace as a ‘brothel.’

#Pakistan: Index joins free expression and human rights organisations calling on the #Pakistan government to immediately halt the mass deportation of #Afghans from Pakistan, which imperils the lives of those who fled the #Taliban: pen-international.org/news/pakistan-…

More than a dozen organisations called on the government to “immediately halt the arbitrary mass deportation of Afghan nationals in line with the country’s human rights obligations, including the principle of non-refoulement. dawn.com/news/1913860/p…

Yesterday, Jimmy Lai’s son, Sebastien Lai, addressed the 59th Session of the UN Human Rights Council 📌 #HRC59 as a representative of PEN International. He highlighted Hong Kong’s rapidly deteriorating freedom of expression environment and called on the Hong Kong authorities to release his imprisoned father.