by PenSydney | Sep 27, 2026 | News
Human Rights groups call on the US Congress to do all it can to secure the release of publisher Jimmy Lai from detention in China. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on the United States Congress to use “all available diplomatic means and opportunities”...
by PenSydney | Sep 27, 2026 | News
PEN Sydney congratulates Cheng Lei, who is set to become the next president of PENMelbourne. The organisation will ratify her appointment at its next AGM in December. Lei is a journalist, playwright, and broadcaster who was detained by Chinese authorities inAugust...
by PenSydney | Aug 20, 2026
When journalist Cheng Lei was detained by Chinese state security agents, she thought she would be freed within the week. Instead, she was held on absurd espionage charges in isolated conditions for more than three years. A veteran business journalist, the Chinese-born...
by PenSydney | Nov 14, 2024 | News
Writer and activist Amanda Echanis was arrested alongside her newborn son on 2 December 2020. Nearly four years later, Echanis remains in detention, separated from her child. The charge that was brought against Amanda Echanis—illegal possession of firearms, ammunition...
