Chinese writer under house arrest in Chengdu
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Chinese writer Liao Yiwu is under house arrest in the south western city of Chengdu. The Chinese novelist and poet was on his way to a literature festival in Germany when he was removed from his flight by local police. Fifty-year-old Liao Yiwu was held for three hours before being ordered not to leave his house without permission. Chinese authorities have kept a close watch on Liao Yiwu since 1989, after he published a poem criticising the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Now, the PEN American Centre, which campaigns for freedom of expression for writers, has called on Beijing to release Liao Yiwu from house arrest.
Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Larry Siems, Director of PEN's Freedom to Write Programme New York
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