On Thursday, July 17, VOC’s Serkan Tas, associate director in China Studies, spoke at a rally marking 26 years since the Chinese Communist Party began persecuting Falun Gong practitioners. Tas’s remarks were as follows: Good afternoon, and thank you for inviting… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation hosted the Global Peace Foundation and the North Korea Young Leaders Assembly for a special forum highlighting the voices of North Korean escapees. The program featured panel discussions with young defectors, many of whom… Read More
On Monday, July 14, VOC in partnership with the Mieroszewski Center hosted an exclusive conversation with Professor Paweł Kowal, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Polish Sejm. The discussion between Professor Kowal and VOC’s Karina Lipsman explored Poland’s fight… Read More
On Monday, July 14, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation led efforts to mark National Captive Nations Week, in fulfillment of the 1959 congressional resolution adopted during the Eisenhower administration to show American solidarity with nations subjugated by communism. This… Read More
Religious freedom in Venezuela is under attack. Led by Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s socialist regime is waging a campaign against those who dare to maintain religious autonomy in opposition of state control. As VOC’s Latin America team outlines in a new… Read More
On July 7, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation joined the Chinese Human Rights Defenders and 30 other human rights organizations in standing with the victims of the brutal Chinese Communist Party. Read the full statement below. Ten years after… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation is honored to announce that Texas is joining a growing number of states that require students to learn about the dangers of communism. Signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, this… Read More
The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) proudly congratulates Rosa María Payá on her historic election as a commissioner to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) during the 55th General Assembly of the Organization of American States. Payá’s steadfast… Read More
On Wednesday, June 25, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation launched a new temporary gallery on Operation Pedro Pan, the United States’ mission to save over 14,000 Cuban children from communism between 1960 and 1962. Following opening remarks from Ambassador Carlos Trujillo,… Read More
Hungarian State Secretary for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ms. Boglárka Illés and Hungarian Ambassador Szabolcs Takács visited the Victims of Communism Museum on Tuesday, June 3. After touring the exhibits, the Hungarian delegation spoke… Read More
