The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) and Women’s Rights in China (WRIC) sponsored a forum at Tibet House in New York to raise awareness about the Tibetan and Han self-immolation protests in response to the PRC’s human rights atrocities. The event took place on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. State Senator from New York Ruben […]
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New York Memorial for Tibetan and Han self-immolation protests to be held at Tibet House
December 10, 2012 For Immediate Release New York Memorial for Tibetan and Han self-immolation protests to be held at Tibet House On Tuesday, December 11, 2012 from 2pm – 4:30pm the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) and Women’s Rights in China (WRIC) will sponsor a Forum to raise awareness about the Tibetan and Han […]
Send independent investigation teams to Tibet on the self-immolations
UN, EU, Members of Parliaments and Governments, and NGOs for human rights: Send independent investigation teams to Tibet on the self-immolations Change.org|How to Start a Petition Since February, 2009 an extraordinary number of self-immolations, numbering 78 by November 21, 2012, with 64 deaths, have occurred in regions of Tibet ruled by China. (Detailed information is […]
CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2012 CUSIB Calls Upon the BBG to Restore Transparency The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statement expressing deep concern that the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is pursuing a strategy of concealment and intimidation rather than respond to oversight by the U.S. Congress and […]
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn joined Annette Lantos to honor victims of communism
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Advisory Board member, president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers Reggie Littlejohn, joined Annette Lantos and other distinguished guests to honor victims of communism at the ceremony at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington, DC on June 12. Reggie Littlejohn and Annette Lantos have been outspoken […]
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 […]
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Applauds Chen Guangcheng’s Freedom
For Immediate Release May 19, 2012 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Applauds Chen Guangcheng’s Freedom The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) extends a warm welcome to Chinese human rights legal activist Chen Guangcheng upon his arrival to the United States today. CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan stated: “We are overjoyed that Chen and […]
Voice of America radio to China – the sounds of news silence from Broadcasting Board of Governors
Voice of America radio to China – the sounds of news silence from Broadcasting Board of Governors by Ann Noonan, Executive Director, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) management team have finally accomplished their goal of cutting into Voice of America […]
BBG Governor Victor Ashe pays tribute to Annette Lantos and her late husband
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Miami on April 20, the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting decided to reverse its earlier decision on Voice of America (VOA) program cuts to China and Tibet. In expressing his full support for restoring funding for these broadcasts, BBG Governor Ambassador […]
Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet CUSIB/New York, NY — The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has been vindicated by the action of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) who approved a plan to restore funding in the FY […]