Statements

IFC/Citizen Power statement on Sulu Sou’s Victory

On September 18th, 2017, Macau’s semi-democratic elections resulted in an unprecedented victory for the democratic movement, securing 5 of the available 14 seats. This victory included the appointment of 26-year-old Sulu Sou, making him the city’s youngest-ever...

Citizen Power for China statement on the imprisonment of Alex Chow, Nathan Law, and Joshua Wong

Citizen Power for China statement on the imprisonment of Alex Chow, Nathan Law, and Joshua Wong On August 17, 2017, an appeal by the Chinese-controlled Hong Kong prosecution officially imprisoned three young student leaders, Alex Chow, Nathan Law and Joshua Wong,...

CP/IFC Statement on Uyghur Human Rights Activist’s Dolkun Isa Detention by Italian Authorities

August 1, 2017 We are deeply troubled and highly alarmed at the news that the General Secretary of the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress, Dolkun Isa, was detained on July 26th by plainclothes policemen of the Divisione Investigazioni Generali e Operazioni Speciali...

CP/IFC Statement On New Clue About Tiananmen Tank Man

Is the Tank Man is still alive? According to a report yesterday from Hong Kong-based newspaper Apple Daily, the young Chinese man who single-handedly blocked a long column of the Chinese military's tanks on Chang'an Avenue during the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989 is...

Please Join Me in Asking Xi Jinping About What Happened to the Tank Man

May 29, 2019 | Publications, Statements, Tiananmen Anniversaries, Tiananmen Massacre to Memory of the World Register, Two Tank Men

By: Dr. Yang Jianli The Tank Man photo was taken during the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. It is one of the most important...

Open Letter from USCIRF Chair Tenzin Dorjee to the Panchen Lama on His 30th Birthday

Apr 26, 2019 | Buddhists, International Relations, News, Statements, Tibet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 25, 2019 Open Letter to the Missing Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima on His 30th Birthday...

Supporting the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act & UIGHUR Act

Apr 6, 2019 | News, Publications, Speeches, Statements, Uyghur

Speech by Dr. Jianli YANG at Uyghur Freedom Rally Freedom Plaza, 1455 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20004 Dear...

An Open Letter regarding Conditions in Tibet

Nov 8, 2011 | Buddhists, Highlights, International Relations, News, Publications, Religious Freedom, Rule of Law in China, Signatures on Conditions in Tibet, Statements, Tibet, Topics

In recent months, young Tibetan monks and nuns have taken the desperate step of setting themselves on fire in order to...

Open Letter to U.N. Secretary General inspires Tiananmen widow to Leave China and Speak Out about Her Husband’s Death for the First Time

May 30, 2011 | News, Rule of Law in China, Statements, Stop PRC to UN Human Rights Council, Tiananmen Anniversaries

May 30, 2011, Washington, D.C. By: Laura Butera, Initiatives for China On June 4, 2011 Madame Xu Liping, widow of one...

Right to Nonviolence, Lebanon-Based NGO, asks colleagues to support open letter to U.N.

May 25, 2011 | International Relations, News, Rule of Law in China, Statements, Stop PRC to UN Human Rights Council

May 24, 2011 By: Right to Nonviolent, Beirut, Lebanon What kind of government systematically jails, tortures,...

IFC Will Present Open Letter to UN Secretary General on June 4, 2011

Apr 18, 2011 | Charter 08, Chen Guangcheng, Forced Eviction, I am Liu Xianbin, International Relations, Jasmine Revolution Rescue, Liu Xiaobo's Case, News, Prisoners of Conscience, Rule of Law in China, Sparrow Initiative, Statements, Tiananmen Anniversaries

On June 4, 2011 Initiatives for China will present an Open Letter to UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon regarding the...

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