“Performance targets: Target 1: target population for intrauterine contraception device placement 524 people Target 2: [target] population for sterilizations 14,872 people.” These are direct quotes from the 2019 family planning budget of Hotan, the capital city of a prefecture with… Read More
Why are international medical bodies accepting the Chinese Communist Party line? As the coronavirus spread from China across the world in January and February, the World Health Organization repeatedly praised Beijing’s efforts to contain it. The agency did so despite China’s censorship… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) today released its report on Organ Procurement and Extrajudicial Execution in China. This unprecedented report examines in detail the allegations that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) government has engaged in coercive… Read More
Employment: Yarkant County satellite factory [for] persons in detention or reeducation.” The spreadsheet, obtained from a cache of local government files, lists the employment status of nearly 2,000 Uighurs—but the 148 entries that carry this particular designation stand out like… Read More
No more denying, no more dodging. The Chinese Communist Party can no longer hide its relentless campaign of mass internment against the ethnic minorities in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, or claim that the effort is an innocuous educational program…. Read More
Bolivian President Evo Morales, when meeting Pope Francis a few years ago, presented the Holy Father with a crucifix mounted on a hammer and sickle. The stunt prompted a debate that never seems to go away, whether it takes place… Read More
From May 29 to June 1, the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation (VOC) Director of Government Relations Kristina Olney represented VOC in Taiwan as co-host of the Taiwan International Freedom Forum, an annual gathering of more than 80 parliamentarians, religious… 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
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
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
