Prisoners of Conscience

The Congressional Members ask Vice President Pence to "prioritize the release of Rev. Cao Sanqiang" and to "meet with Mr. Cao's family to show the level of solidarity..."   The Congressional Members ask Vice President Pence to "prioritize the release of Rev. Cao...

By Yang Jianli February 26 at 6:38 PM Yang Jianli is founder and president of Initiatives for China. He was imprisoned in China from 2002 to 2007 for attempting to monitor labor unrest. On Feb. 15, Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang turned 42. It was the 951st...

By Josh Rogin August 3, 2017 As one of its final acts before leaving town, the Senate is set to pass a resolution Thursday calling on China to allow Liu Xia, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, to leave China. The nonbinding resolution would also...

Remembering Liu Xiaobo By Yang Jianli The world lost a hero when China's only Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Liu Xiaobo, died of liver cancer in Chinese custody on July 13, 2017. In life as well as in death Liu Xiaobo represents the best of what China can ever be. He...