0 writers urge Beijing to release imprisoned writers

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May 3, some 0 writers from around the world called on China to release imprisoned writers and to respect freedom of expression, saying that censorship limits the cultural development of the country.

In a letter made public on the occasion of the International Day for Freedom of the Press, these writers have welcomed the growing recognition by Beijing of Chinese artists as writer Mo Yan, who won the literature prize Nobel last year.

"We can not assess the achievements of Chinese designers (...) without thinking about the work that we can not enjoy the fact of censorship in the arts, in the media or on the Internet." The China is indeed class 173rd out of 179 countries in the Press freedom Index. The information the control is done by media censorship, retaliation against those involved in information and a web blocking resurgence and Internet surveillance.

The artists are demanding the release of more than 40 writers and journalists, including Liu Xiaobo, author of a petition calling for democratic reforms and the 2010 Nobel Peace

Signatories included other Nobel writers such as JM Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Wole Soyinka, Tomas Tranströmer and Mario Vargas Llosa.

a report attached to the letter, published by International PEN, a literary organization that promotes freedom of speech, press China to stop censoring the Internet, lift travel bans and restrictions against dissidents.

Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding for a decade after death threats made against him by the Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini after the publication of his novel "The Satanic Verses", said he heard of "unusually eloquent" of an Iranian dignitary about Internet censorship.

Rushie said, dignitary mentioned Internet censorship to be "like taking a ladder to prevent birds from landing on the roof."

About 50,000 people work in China for "Internet police" research and censor online content deemed offensive, according to International PEN. and "there are more and more people each year who do this," said Mr. Rushdie. But "even in this case, remove the scale does not prevent birds from landing on the roof," he said.

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