Advocacy & Campaign
- The PEN International launched its Day of the Imprisoned Writer campaign on 15 November, highlighting the cases of writers who are imprisoned or facing persecution and calling for urgent international action to release and protect them. This year’s campaign featured the cases of María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez (Cuba), Iryna Danylovych (Ukraine/occupied Crimea), Go Sherab Gyatso (China- Tibet), and Soulaiman Raissouni (Morocco).
- The #WithoutJustCause Political Prisoners Campaign, launched by the US Department of State, included Go Sherab Gyatso as one of the 16 political prisoners it advocated for, seeking their freedom and release. (January 11, 2023)
- Human Rights Watch raised concerns about the deteriorating health condition of Sherab Gyatso in prison: “Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril” (February 9, 2022)
- Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) awards the 2022 Lhakar Courage Award to Go Sherab Gyatso on August 20, 2022. Voice of Tibet, August 22, 2022.
- China: Imprisoned Tibetan Monk’s Health in Peril, Human Rights Watch, February 9, 2022.
- Tibetan writer given 10-year prison term in secret trial, Radio Free Asia, Dec 10, 2021.
- ICT calls for release of Tibetan monk sentenced to 10 years, International Campaign for Tibet, December 13, 2021.
- Eminent Tibetan scholar Gō Sherab Gyatso sentenced to ten years in prison, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, December 13, 2021.
- Arbitrarily detained Tibetan Scholar, Go Sherab Gyatso covertly sentenced to 10 years, Central Tibetan Administration, December 16, 2021.
- Go Sherab Gyatso sentenced to 10 years in prison, Tibet Watch, December 20, 2021.
- Tibetan journalists and writers in exile respond to Gosher’s sentence, VOA Tibetan Service, December 29, 2021.
- Statement of protest against Gosher’s unjust verdict, Tibetan Writers Abroad PEN Center, December 14, 2021.
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