Tibetan delegation supporting persecuted writers
Tibetan delegation supporting persecuted writers
Photograph of the Tibetan Writers Abroad Centre delegation holding up images of three persecuted writers and PEN cases: Gao Yu, Liu Xiaobo, and Ilham Tohti. The members holding the photographs, from left to right and with their corresponding positions at the Centre, are: Lokdun, vice-president (2016-22); Woser, general secretary (2012-16); and Lobsang Chokta, vice-president (2012-16). Also with them is Bei Ling, second from the left, co-founder and president of the Independent Chinese Centre, and Tienchi Martin-Liao, second from the right, president of the Independent Chinese Centre (2009-13; 2016-20). This photograph was taken at the 80th PEN International Congress in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, which was held from 29 September to 2 October 2014 and titled My language, my story, my freedom.



























