PEN America Decries Abduction of Hong Kong Booksellers

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PEN America Decries Abduction of Hong Kong Booksellers

Nov 07 2016

The American Booksellers Association, the Association of American Publishers and the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom issued a statement over the weekend praising Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee for "revealing details of his illegal imprisonment by Chinese authorities and for refusing to identify customers in China who purchased books that are critical of Chinese officials."

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