I want to thank Andy and Mike Manatos and the Oxi Day Foundation for giving this important Oxi Courage Award to Liu Xia, a Chinese poet and photographer and a woman of unparalleled moral courage. I had the rare privilege of meeting Liu Xia last month in New York when we were both there to take part...

The Bohemian National Hall in New York, September 27, 2018 I feel privileged to have the honor of presenting Liao Yiwu with the Disturbing the Peace Award, given annually by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation to a courageous writer-at-risk...

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