WASHINGTON—The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) mourns the passing of its Chairman Emeritus, Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, on July 18, 2025. A long-time Trustee and former Chairman, Dr. Feulner was instrumental in the founding and growth of the Victims… Read More
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
“Lie, lie, and something will remain. The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.” That phrase—attributed to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels—has become something of an operating manual for authoritarian regimes. Few have perfected it more methodically than… Read More
Today, as we honor the more than 100 million victims of communism around the world, I wish to share a story that is both personal and political, a story about Laos, the country of my birth. At just 13 years… 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
The recent protests led by university students began after the Cuban dictatorship’s state telecommunications company, Etecsa, on May 30, 2025 announced dramatic increases in internet pricing, and new restrictions in what critics describe as a “covert dollarization” and a “cash… 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
