"Silenced", written in English and published by the Swedish publishinghouse Amaryllis, gives an introduction to Chinese politics and legal system.

Norwegian Journalists Associations, Norwegian PEN and Amnesty International Norway share the hope that the 2008 Beijing Olympics will become a positive example regarding the influence of a large, international athletic arrangement and may lead to improvements for citizens of the hosting country regarding human rights

At its recent annual meeting, Norwegian PEN elected publisher, writer and columnist Anders Heger as the organisation´s new president.

In its fourth report on freedom of expression in Tunisia, the IFEX Tunisian Monitoring Group (TMG) concludes that it is still increasingly important that free expression and human rights groups, as well as the international community at large keep monitoring developments in Tunisia.

Members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group delegation visiting Tunisia were physically prevented from accessing the street of the prison of the town of Le Kef where Human Rights lawyer and writer Mohammed Abbou is jailed. 

In a historic meeting of writers from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, along with writers from a dozen other countries, International PEN launched a dialogue on literature and free expression this past weekend in Hong Kong.

International PEN, as several other international human rights NGOs, is currently planning a comprehensive campaign focusing on human rights and freedom of expression infringements in connection with the August 2008 Beijing Olympic games.