The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, is testifying at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China emergency hearing on Recent Developments and History of the Chen Guangcheng Case. Chen Guangcheng spoke during the hearing by phone. In a phone call lasting about eight […]
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Leaders of Bipartisan Commission Call on China To Release Human Rights Lawyer, Chen Guangcheng
The Chairman and Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China today (November 1) issued the following joint statement calling for updated information on prominent human rights defender Chen Guangcheng’s condition and calling for Chen’s long overdue release. “It is very troubling to know that for six years, Chen Guangcheng has repeatedly encountered abuse and surveillance […]
U.S. commission documents major crackdown on Internet and press freedom in China
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), created by Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, submitted its annual report to the President and the Congress, in which it documents a major crackdown by the Chinese authorities on the Internet and […]
Congressional Hearing on Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng
Representative Christopher Smith, Chairman and Senator Sherrod Brown, Cochairman of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China announce a hearing on “Examination into the Abuse and Extralegal Detention of Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng and His Family” Tuesday, November 1, 2011 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 2118 Rayburn House Office Building The plight of Chen Guangcheng and his […]