Press Release

• WRWF’s Littlejohn to speak on China’s One Child Policy at United Nations Thursday and Friday

  Women's Rights Without Frontiers President Reggie Littlejohn will speak about China's one child, forced abortion policy in the context of women's "Sexual Health," and "Discrimination Against Women and Girls." The first event will be on Thursday… continua 

• VIETNAM :‘I Was Under a Lot of Pressure And Had to Quit’

  Lawyer Nguyen Thanh Luong has defended several prisoners of conscience in Vietnam, including young activists Dinh Nguyen Kha and Nguyen Phuong Uyen, who in 2013 successfully appealed their jail sentences for distributing anti government leaflets… continua 

• Vietnamese Rights Activists Hold Out Hope for Democracy

  Prominent Vietnamese human rights activists have mixed views on the country’s future for democracy as they greet the Lunar New Year Tet holiday this week amid the government’s continued campaign against rights defenders, bloggers and… continua 

• East Turkestan: China Cracking Down on Religious Freedoms by Forcing Imams to Dance

  In a recent crackdown on religious freedoms, Chinese authorities have forced Imams from East Turkestan [Xinjiang] to dance in the streets, swear to oaths and brandish slogans that glorify the state over religion. Despite an… continua 

• Hong Kong Journalist Held in Wenzhou Over Church Demolition Reporting

  Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Friday detained and questioned a Hong Kong journalist who went to cover a story about the demolition of church crosses in the region. Jiang Yannan, a… continua