Chen Guangcheng: Commemorating Tiananmen and Considering the End of CCP Rule
By Chen Guangcheng On June 4, 1989, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent tanks and machine guns into the streets of Beijing to massacre students and citizens who had gathered […]
US-China Tariff Wars and Its Impact on China
Commentary by Sen Nieh, Center Fellow US-China Tariff War On April 2, “Liberation Day,” the U.S. imposed different reciprocal tariffs on all countries around the globe. China was hit with […]
William Saunders Speaks at CUA Event Featuring Ukrainian Wounded Warrior
The Bishop Basil H. Losten Center for Ukrainian Church Studies at CUA held a special event titled: “Andrii Smolenskyi: A Ukrainian Wounded Warrior Speaks About Faith In the Midst of […]
Is China a Threat to U.S. Democracy?
On April 1, 2025, The Catholic University of America welcomed Chen Guangcheng, Distinguished Fellow for Human Rights, to speak with Honors students on the pressing question: “Is China a Threat […]
Join VOC for Roll Call of Nations 2025
This year VOC is honored to be joined by Professor Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist, lawyer, former prisoner of conscience, and VOC’s 2015 Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom awardee alongside Professor […]
William Saunders Speaks at the Summit for International Freedom
On February 2, 2025, Dr. William Saunders, Director of the Center for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America, addressed a group of student participants during a training day […]
William Saunders Speaks at CUA Event Advocating for Democracy in Hong Kong
On January 30, 2025, Center for Human Rights Director Dr. Bill Saunders spoke at a Catholic University of America event promoting Mark Clifford’s book on Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai. […]
William Saunders Speaks at OAS Event on International Religious Freedom Day
On October 21, 2024, Dr. William Saunders, Director of the Center for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America, delivered remarks at the Organization of American States (OAS) during […]
M.A. in Human Rights Students Visit Victims of Communism Museum
In September of 2024, Dr. Bill Saunders, Director of the Center for Human Rights, took his M.A. in Human Rights students to the Victims of Communism Museum in Washington, DC. […]
Free Gao Zhisheng: A Statement By Chen Guangcheng
By Chen Guangcheng, originally published by Radio Taiwan International August 13, 2024, marks the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer who has been nominated […]