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Uyghur School Director, Brother of RFA Reporter Jailed For 14 Years After Stint in Xinjiang Camp Sun Online Desk 7th May, 2021 03:43:34 A Uyghur academic director and prolific translator who is the brother of an RFA reporter has been sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence following two years spent in an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) for “religious extremism,” according to officials. Ahmetjan Juma, whose brother Mamatjan Juma is the deputy director of ...

RFA A Uyghur academic director and prolific translator who is the brother of an RFA reporter has been sentenced to a lengthy prison sentence following two years spent in an internment camp in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) for “religious extremism,” according to officials. Ahmetjan Juma, whose brother Mamatjan Juma is the deputy director of RFA’s Uyghur Service, went missing from his home prefecture of Kashgar (in Chinese, Kashi) in 2017 and was added to ...

People take part in a rally for women’s rights and protection, after a young woman kidnapped for marriage was found dead, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 8 April 2021, VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP via Getty Images April 2021 in Europe and Central Asia: A free expression round up produced by IFEXs Regional Editor Cathal Sheerin, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. April reminded us that “strongmen” are the wrong men if you want a free press and vibrant civil society....

Abduqadir Jalalidin’s children continue to advocate on his behalf and demand his release from overseas.

According to Pen America, a freedom of expression advocacy organization, in 2020, at least 273 writers, academics, and public intellectuals in 35 countries were in prison or unjustly held in detention in connection with their writing, their work, or related activism. It’s a considerable uptick from the organization’s estimate of at least 238 writers and public intellectuals in 2019. And the pandemic is in part to blame.

PEN America launches its Freedom to Write Index 2020 13 minute read Police officers block protesters during a demonstration against Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, an international accord designed to protect women, in Istanbul, 20 March 2021, BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images During 2020, according to data collected for PEN America’s Freedom to Write Index, at least 273 writers, academics, and public intellectuals in 35 countries...

PEN America Releases New International Freedom To Write Index The second edition of PEN’s Freedom to Write Index sees an alarming jump in writer detentions from 238 detainees in 2019 to at least 273 in 2020, in 35 countries. Image: PEN America Top Three Offenders: China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey Writers, it’s asserted in the opening essay of PEN America’s new Freedom To Write 2020 assessment, released today (April 20), “have played an essential role during the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic,...

Detention and Abuse of Egyptian Student is Part of Ongoing Assault on Free Expression, Academic Freedom Detention and Abuse of Egyptian Student is Part of Ongoing Assault on Free Expression, Academic Freedom Ahmed Samir Santawy is currently being held in solitary confinement facing trumped-up charges FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2021 (New York, NY) — PEN America today joined with free expression allies globally demanding the release of Egyptian student Ahmed Samir Santawy, who is currently ...

Myanmars Creatives Are Fighting Military Rule With Art – Despite the Threat of a Draconian New Cyber-Security Law Time 2/12/2021 Suyin Haynes © The New York Times/Redux An artist projects symbols of protest on a building, to show support for the National League for Democracy in Yangon, Myanmars largest city, on Feb. 5, four days after the military seized full control of the country. The raised three fingers is a defiant salute from the "Hunger Games" films. Khine, an arti...