Category: Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation

Excellent Example of Journalists Protecting Press Freedom

Panorama , an Italian weekly news magazine, published an article exposing China’s barbaric practice of forced organ harvesting, that is, procuring transplant organs from living, unconsenting, prisoners of conscience, and killing them in the process. The August 24 article titled “China: When the State Wants Your Organs” triggered a typical wolf-worrier-like response from the Chinese…


New Museum Honors Victims of Communism

“Communism is premised on the state,” Elizabeth Spalding says. “And the state is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … All life is cheap in comparison to the [Communist] Party.” In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek spoke with Spalding,…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: The Deadliest Ideology of the 20th Century—Elizabeth Spalding on First US Museum Honoring Victims of Communism

This episode will premiere on Saturday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Communism is premised on the state. And the state is above all. The Party is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … So it means all life is cheap.” Elizabeth Spalding is…


PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: The Deadliest Ideology of the 20th Century—Elizabeth Spalding on First US Museum Honoring Victims of Communism

This episode will premiere on Saturday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Communism is premised on the state. And the state is above all. The Party is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … So it means all life is cheap.” Elizabeth Spalding is…


PREMIERING NOW: The Deadliest Ideology of the 20th Century—Elizabeth Spalding on First US Museum Honoring Victims of Communism

This episode will premiere on Saturday, July 9, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “Communism is premised on the state. And the state is above all. The Party is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … So it means all life is cheap.” Elizabeth Spalding is…


The Deadliest Ideology of the 20th Century—Elizabeth Spalding on First US Museum Honoring Victims of Communism

“Communism is premised on the state. And the state is above all. The Party is above all. There’s no transcendent truth. … Everything must serve or be made to serve the state. … So it means all life is cheap.” Elizabeth Spalding is the founding director of the new Victims of Communism Museum in Washington,…


Green Energy Investors Neglect Human Rights Risks in China, Analyst Says

WASHINGTON—Large investment firms are increasingly focusing on sustainable investing, that considers environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. They seek to own shares of environmentally friendly companies, but many continue to disregard human rights risks hidden in their investment portfolios, according to an analyst. There is a “grave risk” that U.S. companies across sectors are benefiting from…


China Fails to Address UN Questions on Forced Organ Harvesting, Rights Groups Say

The International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) and two other U.S. rights groups have criticized China for its “inadequate and misleading” responses over credible allegations of the state-sanctioned practice of forced organ harvesting. The questions were raised in June by nine Special Rapporteurs to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for…


World Bank China Rigging Scandal Highlights Beijing’s ‘Malign Influence’ at UN: Experts

Revelations that World Bank leaders pressured staff to rig an influential report to favor China have once again cast a spotlight on Beijing’s influence within the United Nations system. A recent investigation found that then-World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and then-Chief Executive Kristalina Georgieva had applied “undue pressure” on staff to boost China’s ranking…


Countries Should Do More to End China’s ‘Horrific’ Forced Organ Harvesting: Experts

A group of international advocates are calling on countries including the United States to do more to hold China accountable for its state-sanctioned practice of harvesting organs from living prisoners of conscience. “On the issue of forced organ harvesting, the international community has remained silent despite the evidence for far too long,” said Kristina Olney,…