Prisoners of Conscience

Prague Declaration

Prague Declaration Forum: Democracy and Human Rights in Asia - One Year after an empty Chair in Oslo 11 December 2011 We, the participants of the conference "Democracy and Human Rights in Asia: One Year after an Empty Chair in Oslo", who have gathered here in Prague...

Liu Xiaobo, The Spirit that Cannot Be Imprisoned

Liu Xiaobo, The Spirit that Cannot Be Imprisoned An interview with Yang Jianli On December 10th, 2010, The Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee gave the Nobel Peace Prize to famous Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. A year has passed. We have heard nothing from Liu Xiaobo, and...

Rally on Behalf of Blind Human Rights Advocate CHEN Guangcheng

Rally on Behalf of Blind Human Rights Advocate CHEN Guangcheng Franklin Park Washington, DC Friday, November 11, 2011 11:00 am Blind since infancy, CHEN Guangcheng is a human rights advocate and self-taught lawyer who has fought against human rights violations...

Increased Calls for The Release of Blind Lawyer Chen Guangcheng

Dr. YANG Jianli, President of Initiatives for China, traveled to Taiwan recently and noticed a growing number of supporters in Taiwan and on the Mainland calling for the release of blind human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng. “The momentum has increased in recent...