（2008年4月30日讯）国际笔会狱中作家委员会今日向全世界笔会发出号召，并转发香港“世界新闻自由日会议”新闻通报，对香港当局拒绝独立中文笔会秘书长张裕入境表示最强烈的抗议。抗议书全文如下。

国际笔会以可能表达的最强烈言辞抗议香港官员昨天拒绝允许知名中国作家、独立中文笔会秘书张裕入境香港，他应邀要在那里的一个世界新闻自由日会议上演讲。

据香港记者协会负责人麦燕庭说，张裕在从瑞典抵达香港后被羁留了十小时，同日晚被押上返回瑞典的飞机。

2007年2月，张裕曾被容许入境香港，但此后被以“违反国家安全”为由禁止返回中国大陆。今年初，他还曾访港。张裕博士是中国公民，也是在瑞典有永久居住的科学研究工作者。1989年北京屠杀后，他曾帮助建立那里的一格中国留学生的人权团体；1990年，他参与创立《北欧华人》，担任发行人兼编委，此后任总编辑直到其1977年停刊；1999年加入奥斯陆的中文刊物《通讯》并任编辑；2002年加入独立中文笔会，目前任秘书长。

独立中文笔会以宣扬目前正在发展的中国言论自由为中心任务，是“我们为言论自由准备好了”行动的一个主要贡献者，有关细节请参见http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/freedom-of-expression/campaigns/china-campaign/china-campaign

今天，香港活动的主办者之一、香港记者协会发布了一个新闻通报。笔会以国际笔会副会长乔安尼•利多姆-阿克曼作为笔会代表参加这项活动（如下）。

推荐行动：国际笔会狱中作家委员会号召，全世界笔会在各自的媒体上发布这些事件。

（独立中文笔会狱中作家委员会委员会翻译）

来源：独立中文笔会网站

International Organisations Call for Freedom of Expression in China

 

Groups Condemn HK Government’s Denial of Writers and Artists’ Entry to Hong Kong

HONG KONG 30 April 2008:    In the run up to the 100-day countdown of the Beijing Olympics, internationally renowned writers and artists, who planned to come to Hong Kong to attend peaceful activities have been denied entry by Hong Kong government. They include: Zhang Yu, Coordinator, Writers in Prison Committee, Independent Chinese PEN Centre; Jens Galschiot, Danish artist, and two of his colleagues. They were invited by Hong Kong groups for the One Dream: Free Expression in China event, which includes a two-day seminar, and an arts fair. As the final 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins, prominent international freedom of expression groups* have gathered in Hong Kong for a history-making mission: to send a clear message to the Chinese government: Make the Freedom of Expression Dream a Reality in China.

\"Freedom of expression in Hong Kong has empowered it to play an important role in pushing the evolution of China,\" says Yu Ying-shih, a world-renowned historian, in remarks celebrating the opening of the seminar on freedom of expression in China and Hong Kong. \"However, with the Hong Kong government’s overreaction and censorship, we are very worried the crackdown is being extended to Hong Kong, and China has no sincerity to realize its promises.\" 

\"We have come to Hong Kong to call upon China to fulfill its guarantee to open media access on the mainland, and now we must be certain to include freedom of expression in Hong Kong. Freedom of expression is a basic human right. We strongly condemn the actions of the Hong Kong government. The intent of our events is peaceful,\" said Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Vice President of the International PEN.

The Chinese government is urged to honour its pledge when it made its bid for the Beijing Olympics in 2001. It is China’s obligation to ensure that freedom of expression in China is no longer just a dream. This appeal is made against a background of the worsening situation for freedom of expression in China. There are currently at least 39 people in China imprisoned for their writing. These include Han Chinese, as well as Tibetans and Uyghurs. We call for their release. Despite new regulations promulgated last year to ease the stringent restrictions on news coverage on the Mainland, reporters continue to be deterred from exercising their rights. Telephone connections to reporters’ sources have either been disconnected or the sources have been intimidated. There have been restrictions on travel and movement, as well as physical harassment. Despite this setback, the four days of activity will proceed as planned. On May 1-2 while the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay proceeds through the streets of Hong Kong, there will be a seminar on Freedom of Expression. On May 3, there will be an arts fair and bus tour, including the groups’ submission of its letter to the Liaison Office of the Chinese Central Government in Hong Kong.

Click on the link to see the Rundown of the four-day activites: http://www.hkja.org.hk/Host/hkja/UserFiles/File/Notices/May3/rundown.pdf

For additional information please contact:

 Ms. Mak Yin-ting (HKJA):  (Tel) 2591-0692, (Email) makyinting@hotmail.com 

      or 
 Ms. Chine Chan (Event information desk): (Tel) 6932-4600, (Email) yc.chine@gmail.com

Co-organizers: Hong Kong Journalists Association, International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Sans Frontières, World Association of Newspapers, American PEN, Independent Chinese PEN, HK Chinese PEN, Sydney PEN.

Laogai Research Foundation, International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House, China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, Foundation for China\'s Democratic Movement , The Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Melbouirne PEN Centre 

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HONG KONG/CHINA: PEN PROTESTS DENIAL OF INDEPENDENT CHINESE PEN CENTRE SECRETARY GENERAL ENTRY TO HONG KONG

30 April 2008

International PEN protests in the strongest possible terms the refusal yesterday of Hong Kong officials to allow distinguished Chinese writer Yu Zhang, secretary-general of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, into Hong Kong, where he was invited to speak at a World Press Freedom Day Conference.

Yu Zhang was held for ten hours when he arrived from Sweden and then was put on a flight back to Sweden later the same day, according to Hong Kong Journalists Association official Mak Yin-ting. In February, 2007, Yu Zhang was allowed into Hong Kong when he arrived from Beijing, but he was then barred from returning to the mainland for \"violating national security\". He visited Hong Kong earlier this year. Dr. Yu Zhang is a Chinese citizen, a research scientist with permanent residence in Sweden. After the 1989 Beijing Massacre he helped to found a human rights association of Chinese students. In 1990, he founded Nordic Chinese, as its publisher and editing director, and later as chief editor until it ceased publication in 1997. In 1999, he joined Tong Xun, an Oslo-based Chinese magazine as editor. In 2002 he joined the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), where he is currently Secretary-General. The ICPC is central to the campaign on Freedom of Expression in China currently under way and has been a major contributor to the \'We Are Ready for Free Expression\' action. For details go to: http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/freedom-of-expression/campaigns/china-campaign/china-campaign

A press release was issued today by the Hong Kong Journalists Association, a co-host of the event where PEN is being represented by Joanne Leedom Ackerman, Vice President of International PEN. See below.

Recommended Action: International PEN\'s Writers in Prison Committee calls on PEN Centres world wide to publicise these events in their own media.

 



（2008年4月30日讯）国际笔会狱中作家委员会今日向全世界笔会发出号召，并转发香港“世界新闻自由日会议”新闻通报，对香港当局拒绝独立中文笔会秘书长张裕入境表示最强烈的抗议。抗议书全文如下。

国际笔会以可能表达的最强烈言辞抗议香港官员昨天拒绝允许知名中国作家、独立中文笔会秘书张裕入境香港，他应邀要在那里的一个世界新闻自由日会议上演讲。

据香港记者协会负责人麦燕庭说，张裕在从瑞典抵达香港后被羁留了十小时，同日晚被押上返回瑞典的飞机。

2007年2月，张裕曾被容许入境香港，但此后被以“违反国家安全”为由禁止返回中国大陆。今年初，他还曾访港。张裕博士是中国公民，也是在瑞典有永久居住的科学研究工作者。1989年北京屠杀后，他曾帮助建立那里的一格中国留学生的人权团体；1990年，他参与创立《北欧华人》，担任发行人兼编委，此后任总编辑直到其1977年停刊；1999年加入奥斯陆的中文刊物《通讯》并任编辑；2002年加入独立中文笔会，目前任秘书长。

独立中文笔会以宣扬目前正在发展的中国言论自由为中心任务，是“我们为言论自由准备好了”行动的一个主要贡献者，有关细节请参见http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/freedom-of-expression/campaigns/china-campaign/china-campaign

今天，香港活动的主办者之一、香港记者协会发布了一个新闻通报。笔会以国际笔会副会长乔安尼•利多姆-阿克曼作为笔会代表参加这项活动（如下）。

推荐行动：国际笔会狱中作家委员会号召，全世界笔会在各自的媒体上发布这些事件。

（独立中文笔会狱中作家委员会委员会翻译）

来源：独立中文笔会网站

International Organisations Call for Freedom of Expression in China

 

Groups Condemn HK Government’s Denial of Writers and Artists’ Entry to Hong Kong

HONG KONG 30 April 2008:    In the run up to the 100-day countdown of the Beijing Olympics, internationally renowned writers and artists, who planned to come to Hong Kong to attend peaceful activities have been denied entry by Hong Kong government. They include: Zhang Yu, Coordinator, Writers in Prison Committee, Independent Chinese PEN Centre; Jens Galschiot, Danish artist, and two of his colleagues. They were invited by Hong Kong groups for the One Dream: Free Expression in China event, which includes a two-day seminar, and an arts fair. As the final 100-day countdown to the Beijing Olympics begins, prominent international freedom of expression groups* have gathered in Hong Kong for a history-making mission: to send a clear message to the Chinese government: Make the Freedom of Expression Dream a Reality in China.

\"Freedom of expression in Hong Kong has empowered it to play an important role in pushing the evolution of China,\" says Yu Ying-shih, a world-renowned historian, in remarks celebrating the opening of the seminar on freedom of expression in China and Hong Kong. \"However, with the Hong Kong government’s overreaction and censorship, we are very worried the crackdown is being extended to Hong Kong, and China has no sincerity to realize its promises.\" 

\"We have come to Hong Kong to call upon China to fulfill its guarantee to open media access on the mainland, and now we must be certain to include freedom of expression in Hong Kong. Freedom of expression is a basic human right. We strongly condemn the actions of the Hong Kong government. The intent of our events is peaceful,\" said Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, Vice President of the International PEN.

The Chinese government is urged to honour its pledge when it made its bid for the Beijing Olympics in 2001. It is China’s obligation to ensure that freedom of expression in China is no longer just a dream. This appeal is made against a background of the worsening situation for freedom of expression in China. There are currently at least 39 people in China imprisoned for their writing. These include Han Chinese, as well as Tibetans and Uyghurs. We call for their release. Despite new regulations promulgated last year to ease the stringent restrictions on news coverage on the Mainland, reporters continue to be deterred from exercising their rights. Telephone connections to reporters’ sources have either been disconnected or the sources have been intimidated. There have been restrictions on travel and movement, as well as physical harassment. Despite this setback, the four days of activity will proceed as planned. On May 1-2 while the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay proceeds through the streets of Hong Kong, there will be a seminar on Freedom of Expression. On May 3, there will be an arts fair and bus tour, including the groups’ submission of its letter to the Liaison Office of the Chinese Central Government in Hong Kong.

Click on the link to see the Rundown of the four-day activites: http://www.hkja.org.hk/Host/hkja/UserFiles/File/Notices/May3/rundown.pdf

For additional information please contact:

 Ms. Mak Yin-ting (HKJA):  (Tel) 2591-0692, (Email) makyinting@hotmail.com 

      or 
 Ms. Chine Chan (Event information desk): (Tel) 6932-4600, (Email) yc.chine@gmail.com

Co-organizers: Hong Kong Journalists Association, International Federation of Journalists, Reporters Sans Frontières, World Association of Newspapers, American PEN, Independent Chinese PEN, HK Chinese PEN, Sydney PEN.

Laogai Research Foundation, International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House, China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group, Foundation for China\'s Democratic Movement , The Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Melbouirne PEN Centre 

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HONG KONG/CHINA: PEN PROTESTS DENIAL OF INDEPENDENT CHINESE PEN CENTRE SECRETARY GENERAL ENTRY TO HONG KONG

30 April 2008

International PEN protests in the strongest possible terms the refusal yesterday of Hong Kong officials to allow distinguished Chinese writer Yu Zhang, secretary-general of the Independent Chinese PEN Centre, into Hong Kong, where he was invited to speak at a World Press Freedom Day Conference.

Yu Zhang was held for ten hours when he arrived from Sweden and then was put on a flight back to Sweden later the same day, according to Hong Kong Journalists Association official Mak Yin-ting. In February, 2007, Yu Zhang was allowed into Hong Kong when he arrived from Beijing, but he was then barred from returning to the mainland for \"violating national security\". He visited Hong Kong earlier this year. Dr. Yu Zhang is a Chinese citizen, a research scientist with permanent residence in Sweden. After the 1989 Beijing Massacre he helped to found a human rights association of Chinese students. In 1990, he founded Nordic Chinese, as its publisher and editing director, and later as chief editor until it ceased publication in 1997. In 1999, he joined Tong Xun, an Oslo-based Chinese magazine as editor. In 2002 he joined the Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC), where he is currently Secretary-General. The ICPC is central to the campaign on Freedom of Expression in China currently under way and has been a major contributor to the \'We Are Ready for Free Expression\' action. For details go to: http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/go/freedom-of-expression/campaigns/china-campaign/china-campaign

A press release was issued today by the Hong Kong Journalists Association, a co-host of the event where PEN is being represented by Joanne Leedom Ackerman, Vice President of International PEN. See below.

Recommended Action: International PEN\'s Writers in Prison Committee calls on PEN Centres world wide to publicise these events in their own media.