The Tiananmen Mothers call it the “June Fourth Massacre.” That’s the day, 30 years ago, when the Chinese Communist Party murdered their sons and daughters in Tiananmen Square. The brave members of this group, 127 strong, are determined to keep… Read More
Does your retirement plan or investment portfolio undermine human rights in China? For millions of Americans, the answer is yes. They unwittingly hold or benefit from investments in companies that enable the Chinese Communist Party’s oppression and imprisonment of the… Read More
Just over a year ago, President Trump stood before Congress and told the story of Ji Seong-ho, a North Korean defector who suffered at the hands of that brutal Communist regime. This week, the president stood next to North Korea’s ruler and refused… Read More
On November 6, Director of Government Relations Kristina Olney represented the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) as an NGO observer at a special meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, to review the human rights situation… Read More
On September 27-28, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) convened the fourth annual China Forum at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., bringing together top experts, policymakers, and scholars to help Americans understand the nature of the People’s Republic… Read More
In July, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) participated officially in the first-ever “Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom” hosted by the State Department in Washington, D.C. The gathering — led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Ambassador-at-large for International… Read More
A picture is worth a thousand words — but what if it is the wrong picture? The iconic image of “tank man” standing down armored vehicles in Tiananmen Square — long seared into public memories of June 1989 — serves… Read More
In May, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation research fellow Peter Mattis published an op-ed in The Hill with Samantha Hoffman of the Mercator Institute for China Studies, exploring how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manipulates its citizens and exiles. By setting… Read More
Mao Zedong’s policies killed nearly 60 million people, making him the greatest mass murderer of the 20th century. Yet, half of Millennials say they have never heard of him. In 2017, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation brought Chinese dissident… Read More
The last time I saw my father was on Feb. 2, 2013. We were at the international airport in Beijing, about to board a flight to America for him to spend a year as a visiting scholar at Indiana University…. Read More
