PEN America: China Moves to Charge Imprisoned Australian Novelist With Espionage
March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
NEW YORK, March 27 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
Reports that Chinese officials are preparing to indict Australian writer Yang Hengjun with espionage charges are a distressing indication that China intends to steamroll over objections from the Australian government and the international community in order to persecute one of its critics, PEN America said.
Yang, a Chinese-born Australian writer and academic, was seized by Chinese authorities during a . . .
Reports that Chinese officials are preparing to indict Australian writer Yang Hengjun with espionage charges are a distressing indication that China intends to steamroll over objections from the Australian government and the international community in order to persecute one of its critics, PEN America said.
Yang, a Chinese-born Australian writer and academic, was seized by Chinese authorities during a . . .