June 3, 2018 For Immediate Release We Must Protect the Memory of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Banners calling for peace, freedom and democracy in China waved alongside the road next to the Hudson River as the sun set in New York City Sunday night, where hundreds of Chinese New Yorkers gathered to […]
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Harry Wu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2017 Harry Wu By Ann Noonan, Executive Director, CUSIB Today marks the birthday of my friend, Harry Wu, who would have turned 80 years old. We were planning to hold a great birthday fundraiser for the Laogai Research Foundation to honor this occasion, had Harry lived. While […]
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan calls for more funding for U.S. broadcasting to China and Tibet
CUSIB News August 7, 2016 Speaking at an event last week in Flushing, NY, sponsored by the Qi’s Cultural Foundation, Ann Noonan, Executive Director for the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB.org), stressed the need for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to increase funding for Voice of America (VOA) radio and TV Chinese language […]
CUSIB Executive Director speaks at Tribute to Harry Wu on Capitol Hill
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan and Co-Director Ted Lipien attended Wednesday May 25, 2016 a tribute in the Library of Congress to late CUSIB board member Harry Wu, at which Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and former Congressman Frank Wolf spoke. Other speakers included Kerry Kennedy, President of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Annette […]
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies
Harry Wu, Champion of Human Rights, CUSIB Board Member Dies Harry Wu (1937 – 2016) It is with great sadness that the Laogai Research Foundation and the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) announced the passing of the Laogai Research Foundation founder and CUSIB Advisory Board founding member, Harry Wu. He […]
CUSIB Statement on the occasion of the passing of Advisory Board Member Robert Senser
CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan would like to share the following remarks about Mr. Robert Senser, a former U.S. Foreign Service officer and CUSIB Advisory Board member, after hearing about his passing: “CUSIB was blessed to have Robert Senser serve as Member of our Advisory Board. I was honored to meet Bob in the late […]
CUSIB calls radio the best countermeasure to Internet censorship and spying on netizens in China
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2014 Ann Noonan, Executive Director of the independent NGO Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) spoke Monday, September 1, at a press conference in New York’s Chinatown organized by U.S. supporters of democracy in Hong Kong and throughout the rest of China. Ann Noonan made a […]
CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2013 CUSIB Marks International Human Rights Day CUSIB marks the date in history, December 10, 1948, when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the UN General Assembly. We also wish to highlight the continuing efforts of our Advisory Board Members who remain dedicated to promoting […]
CUSIB Advisory Board Meeting with BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell
For Immediate Release August 8, 2013 CUSIB Advisory Board Meeting with BBG Chair Jeffrey Shell On Thursday, August 8, 2013, Members of the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – cusib.org) Advisory Board met in New York City with newly sworn-in Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman Jeff Shell to discuss support for […]
CUSIB's Ann Noonan speaks on importance of US radio for women in China
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Executive Director Ann Noonan said that women and their families in China who are victims of human rights abuses need Voice of America (VOA) radio and Radio Free Asia (RFA) broadcasts. She made that comment Tuesday at a conference on family planning policy and population development […]