“Companies with operations or other business ties to Xinjiang, including through supply chains and intermediary countries, must be considered at risk of being tainted with forced labor.” - Adrian Zenz on the audit washing practices in the PRC at a hearing organized by China Commission

CFU and our #Uyghur partners were honored to attend the China Commission hearing yesterday on how businesses that operate in #China use “audits' to rubber stamp their supply chains as clean. At the same time, they are complicit in state-sponsored forced labor. It was highly informative…

On May 1, 1960, U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR while conducting high-altitude surveillance of Russian military activity for the Eisenhower administration.

#Thisdayinhistory

“Social audits in Xinjiang are a form of fraud, and should be treated as such.” - Adrian Zenz testifying at the China Commission hearing on Factories and Fraud in the PRC: How Human Rights Violations Make Reliable Audits Impossible.

Tune in LIVE to hear testimony from VOC's Adrian Zenz on human rights relations and factory audits in the PRC. youtube.com/watch?v=iOz7u5…

Saigon fell to communist forces on this day, April 30, in 1975, plunging the entirety of Vietnam into darkness.

Remember the victims.

Uyghurs of all ages, including the young and the elderly, are subject to arbitrary imprisonment in China.

Remember the victims of communism.

Grace Jo escaped communism, famine, and torture in North Korea and found freedom in America.

Witness her story.

Fidel Castro ruined thousands of lives in Cuba, and the disastrous effects of his regime still echo there today.

Remember the victims of communism.

The communist regime in Cuba is failing the Cuban people apnews.com/article/cuba-e…

China passes regulations to 'protect' Uyghur culture but many question the motive behind this decision rfa.org/english/news/u…

Tomorrow, VOC's Adrian Zenz will testify during a hearing hosted by the China Commission.

Tune in live, at 10:00am ET.

VOC stands with the Uyghur people and all victims of communism.

I will present my latest research on the Uyghur homeland at Johns Hopkins University's Johns Hopkins SAIS institute, hosted by Dr. Andrew Mertha, on Monday April 29:
Policy Experimentation and the Evolution of Beijing's Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang
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On this day in 1986, the worst nuclear disaster in history occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.bbc.com/future/article…

In 1940, Witold Pilecki volunteered to be sent to the German KL Auschwitz in order to infiltrate it and organize resistance inside. #OTD in 1943, he escaped from the camp to deliver his report.

After WW2, the communists sentenced him to death and executed.

In U.S. Congress Demonstrates Global Leadership by Supporting Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel, Eric Patterson writes 'Congress’s vote to send military aid to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine proves that American leadership remains strong in 2024.' Victims of Communism providencemag.com/2024/04/u-s-co…

Jimmy Lai received VOC's Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom in 2021 for his lifelong commitment to freedom and democracy, and his opposition to communism and all other forms of tyranny.

#FreeJimmyLai

On June 14, embassies, delegations, and ethnic and human rights organizations will gather together with leaders of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation for the 17th annual Roll Call of Nations on Capitol Hill.

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