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WATCH: Poetry Protest at London Book Fair

The English PEN joined Tibet Society and the Independent Chinese Pen Center and staged a poetry protest in the 'Market Focus' area of the London Book Fair. Briton's biggest book fair has been criticized for its co-operation with China, a country that regularly censors and imprisons authors.

During the poetry protest, a wall of corporate banners were erected to prevent delegates from seeing the protest and were told by security guards to not protest in areas paid for by the Chinese government. Poems by Shi Tao, Zhu Yufu, Nurmehemmet Yasin and Dokru Tsultrim were read during the event.

 

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