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Tashi Wangchuk, an advocate of Tibetan culture, is released from Chinese prison Tashi Wangchuk is projected on a screen in Dharamsala, India, during a 2018 protest demanding his release. (Associated Press) BEIJING —  A Tibetan shopkeeper convicted of inciting separatism based on his comments in a New York Times documentary was released Friday after serving a five-year prison sentence, advocacy groups said. Tashi Wangchuk’s release was reported by the writers group PEN America and the International Campaign for Tibet. There was no official comment and his lawyer did not answer c...

 Posted By Ruth King on December 11th, 2020 On Saturday, I received an email from Stephen Fee, the Communications Director for PEN America, alerting me to a virtual gala celebration on December 8 to honor Barack Obama with its 2020 Voice of Influence Award. Among other topics, Obama will share with the PEN audience how “disinformation — and media outlets willing to spread it — are an immediate threat to democracy.” PEN’s mission, so they tell us, is “to protect free expression in the United States and worldwide.” Is this a hoax? Oba...