Jun 29, 2012 | International Relations, News, Tibet, Topics
Support the Tibetan Delegation at the UN: Make a Call today! Initiatives for China supports the Tibetan delegation efforts at the United Nations, and urges all who are concerned about the grave human rights situation in Tibet to contact their U.N. representative to...
Jun 26, 2012 | I am Liu Xianbin, News, Prisoners of Conscience, Rule of Law in China, Speeches
Bridgette Chen is the daughter of Liu Xianbin, a Chinese dissident and democracy activist since his days in the Tiananmen Democracy Movement. Liu Xianbin is a co-author of Charter 08 and one of the Charter’s 300 original signators. He was arrested in 2010 and...
Jun 15, 2012 | Charter 08, Empty Seat at Nobel Peace Prize, Highlights, Liu Xiaobo's Case, Prisoners of Conscience, Rule of Law in China
A reliable source told IFC that Liu Xia, the wife of Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo, is still under house arrest. Recently two old friends of Liu Xia, Cui Weiping and Liu Di, were worried about her being too lonely and decided to visit her. Unfortunately they were...
Jun 15, 2012 | Highlights, International Relations, Rule of Law in China
June 13, 2012. The American Enterprise Institute hosted a forum at its DC headquarters office on the topic “From Glasnost to the Arab Spring: The Moral Foundation of Anti-Authoritarian Revolutions.” Leading activists from China, Russia, the Middle East,...
Jun 14, 2012 | News, Publications, Topics, Uyghur
June 14, 2012. “Trust is important.” So spoke Ms Rebiya Kadeer, the newly re-elected President of the World Uyghur Congress, as she paid a visit to Initiatives for China (Citizens Power in China) DC Office on Thursday, June 14. “The people trust in...