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The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Chen Guangcheng talks about Xi Jinping's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, the reasoning behind the visit, and how the visit was received by Chinese citizens. Essay contest details: https://cua.cascadecms.com/renderfile/4ff24a297f00000103c0dce7576187f0/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/barefoot-lawyer-flyer.pdf The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BarefootLawyerReports:3 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

In part one of this Barefoot Lawyer Reports special, Chen Guangcheng tells the story of his daring escape from China. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BarefootLawyerReports:3 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

The Chinese Communist Party has been using various nonprofits as fronts for spies and secret police forces who harass and intimidate human rights activists, ex-Communist Party members, and Chinese immigrants. Chen Guangcheng comments on Representative Mike Gallagher's (WI-8) recent protest outside a Chinese organization that had been recently shut down for funding an underground a Communist force in New York. Epoch Times Article: https://www.theepochtimes.com/we-have-been-blind-rep-gallagher-warns-of-chinese-police-outposts-in-us_5083343.html The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BarefootLawyerReports:3 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

Tens of thousands of elderly people continue protesting against the Chinese Communist Party's budget cuts on retirement and medical benefits for elderly people. Some reports estimate as large as 70% of medical insurance benefits have been cut, likely due to the Party's financial woes from growing its surveillance state during the pandemic. New episode on the topic premiering this week.

For more information, please visit https://catholic.edu/chr The Center for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America, drawing on the riches of Catholic social thought, promotes the dignity of the human person through research and education. A proper understanding of the human person is central to the Church’s mission in the contemporary world and to securing the rights of all people. John Paul II noted, "the root of modern totalitarianism is to be found in the denial of the transcendent dignity of the human person..." (1991, Centesimus Annus, 44) The Center for Human Rights is a response to Pope Paul VI’s call, taken up in subsequent pontificates, for a “new humanism, one which will enable our contemporaries to enjoy the higher values of love and friendship, of prayer and contemplation, and thus find themselves. This is what will guarantee man's authentic development — his transition from less than human conditions to truly human ones.” (1967, Populum Progressio, 20)

Chen Guangcheng discusses how he became interested in law and started his career in protecting vulnerable populations from the tyranny and exploitation of the Chinese Communist Party. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@BarefootLawyerReports:3 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

For the last several years, the Chinese Communist Party has banned fireworks from Chinese New Year's celebrations. Nevertheless, this year hundreds of Chinese citizens lit fireworks in protests. Chen Guangcheng also gives updates regarding several human rights activists he reported on in his public letter to the Communist Party from last year. Read the letter here: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/initiatives/open-letter2022-new-years-declaration-on-chinas-human-rights-crisis.pdf The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

On January 15, hundreds of Chinese citizens shouted out their windows in protest of the Communist Party's mishandling of COVID-19. They also commemorated the anniversary of the death of Dr. Li Wenliang, the whistleblower who was persecuted by the government because he warned people of the pandemic in December of 2019. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

A new potentially dangerous variant is reportedly spreading across China, right as the Communist Party has decided to re-open the country's borders for international travel. Chen Guangcheng is concerned that the Party has deliberately waited to re-open China's borders to spread this new variant to other countries. He urges Americans to express concern to their representatives about incoming travel from China. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

Chen Guangcheng, Dr. Bill Saunders, and Peter Tozzi (former intern at The Heritage Foundation) summarize the recent events and significance surrounding Cardinal Joseph Zen's trial. Cardinal Zen is an advocate of basic freedoms and human rights for Hong Kong and has been the target of harassment and mistreatment from the Chinese Communist Party. Peter Tozzi's Article for The Heritage Foundation: https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/cardinal-zen-and-rising-religious-persecution-china Gillian Richards's Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wULCqcd-vSs The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

To listen to the rest of this podcast, check out the Humanize Today Podcast at https://humanize.today/podcast/chen-guangcheng-on-the-current-tyranny-in-the-peoples-republic-of-china/ The Humanize Today Podcast is produced by the Discovery Institute as a part of its Center on Human Exceptionalism, which is directed by Wesley Smith. The mission of Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism is to affirm and uphold the intrinsic nature of human dignity, liberty, and equality. In resistance to a growing movement against unique human personhood, we aim to revitalize a commitment to the traditional Western view of human rights and responsibilities — both of which are summed up by the term “human exceptionalism.” For more information, click here: https://humanexceptionalism.center/about/

Chen Guangcheng gives background information surrounding the upcoming trial of Hong Kong human rights activist and Apple Daily media founder Jimmy Lai. The trial has been delayed until September 2023, and we encourage our viewers to watch the recently released documentary about him, The Hong Konger: https://thehongkongermovie.com/ The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/67FdLQPM9FzA2cIO5pdYrx Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://catholic.edu/chr

For more information, please visit https://catholic.edu/chr The Center for Human Rights at The Catholic University of America, drawing on the riches of Catholic social thought, promotes the dignity of the human person through research and education. A proper understanding of the human person is central to the Church’s mission in the contemporary world and to securing the rights of all people. John Paul II noted, "the root of modern totalitarianism is to be found in the denial of the transcendent dignity of the human person..." (1991, Centesimus Annua, 44) The Center for Human Rights is a response to Pope Paul VI’s call, taken up in subsequent pontificates, for a “new humanism, one which will enable our contemporaries to enjoy the higher values of love and friendship, of prayer and contemplation, and thus find themselves. This is what will guarantee man's authentic development — his transition from less than human conditions to truly human ones.” (1967, Populum Progressio, 20)

Chen Guangcheng discusses the anti-lockdown protestors who demand that Xi Jinping resign. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Chen Guangcheng expresses his attitude for living in a culture of liberty and democracy. He urges fellow freedom-lovers to stand up against tyrannical governments, such as the Chinese Communist Party. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Communism is perhaps the greatest threat humanity has ever faced. It has murdered more innocent people than any political system in history and has imprisoned millions more. In the last century, it threatened to engulf the world, but even today it controls the world's largest nation and threatens to spread. Dr. William Saunders of the Catholic University of America Center for Human Rights and Dr. Lee Edwards who founded the Victims of Communism Museum to discussed the lessons we can learn from resistance to communism in the past in order to confront and defeat it in the present. Dr. Lee Edwards is adjunct professor of politics at the Catholic University of America and co-founder of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C. His books include biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley, Jr. and Edwin Meese III as well as histories of The Heritage Foundation and the American conservative movement. His most recent works include “A Brief History of the Cold War” (2016), written with Elizabeth Edwards Spalding, and his autobiography, “Just Right: A Life in Pursuit of Liberty” (2017). Edwards was the founding director of the Institute of Political Journalism at Georgetown University and a fellow at the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He is a past president of the Philadelphia Society and a media fellow at the Hoover Institution. Edwards received a doctorate in world politics from Catholic University as well as a doctor of humane letters degree from Grove City College. He did graduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris. He holds a bachelor of arts degree in English from Duke University. William Saunders is a graduate of the Harvard Law School, who has been involved in issues of public policy, law and ethics for thirty years. A regular columnist for the National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Mr. Saunders has written widely on these topics, as well as on Catholic social teaching. He has given lectures in law schools and colleges throughout the United States and the world. He is the Director of the Program in Human Rights for the Institute for Human Ecology.

During the past Communist Party Congress, Xi Jinping, President of China, has tightened his grip over his government by appointing young supporters of his to key positions. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Recently at a protest in Britain, a pro-Hong Kong protestor was allegedly dragged into the Chinese embassy and severely beaten. Chen Guangcheng comments on the implications of this story. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Watch Part One Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km-Oi7A75PE Bob Fu, Founder and President of China Aid, talks about his instrumental role in arranging Chen Guangcheng's escape from the Chinese Communist Party's clutches to the United States. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Bob Fu, Founder and President of China Aid, talks about his instrumental role in arranging Chen Guangcheng's escape from the Chinese Communist Party's clutches to the United States. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

In preparation for its annual congress, the Chinese Communist Party is arresting and forcibly relocating human rights activists to prevent them from speaking out about human rights abuses and influencing public policy. The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

China Aid founder Bob Fu joins Chen Guangcheng and Bill Saunders for a conversation about Gao Zhisheng, a prominent human rights lawyer who has been missing for years. He has been subject to extreme torture by the Chinese Communist Party, and China Aid recently held an event to raise awareness of his disappearance. On January 1, 2022, Chen Guangcheng co-authored a declaration about the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses. In this episode of the Barefoot Lawyer Reports, Guangcheng revisits this letter, which you can read here: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/initiatives/open-letter2022-new-years-declaration-on-chinas-human-rights-crisis.pdf The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html

Listen to Part One Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_IexqZG9xg On January 1, 2022, Chen Guangcheng co-authored a declaration about the Chinese Communist Party's human rights abuses. In this episode of the Barefoot Lawyer Reports, Guangcheng revisits this letter, which you can read here: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/initiatives/open-letter2022-new-years-declaration-on-chinas-human-rights-crisis.pdf The Catholic University of America and its Center for Human Rights is honored to support the work of activist Chen Guangcheng, who is a Distinguished Fellow at the University. His is a voice that defines this generation’s fight for human rights throughout the world. Blind from a young age and a self-taught lawyer, Guangcheng has spent his life fighting for the rights of the disabled and marginalized in China. He exposed the atrocity of the Chinese Communist Party’s forced abortions, leading to his captivity. Guangcheng’s cry for justice, after enduring years of brutal torture at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, shocked the world and opened his path for a new life of activism in the haven of the United States, after his harrowing, and miraculous, escape from house arrest. Through the support of the Center for Human Rights, Guangcheng broadcasts his message for justice in both English and Chinese from the heart of Washington, D.C. His gripping story, a true odyssey for justice, is recounted in his memoir. View his memoir here: https://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Lawyer-Blind-Justice-Freedom/dp/1250081599 Follow him on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/49pIW5VDJB4TvzQVwupg9s?si=pHuJHTVWQVyoQWbURITukQ Follow him on Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-1745281 Follow him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Barefootlawyerreports Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barefootlawyerreports/ Join his newsletter: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e90793b63ae8693b90dcf1561&id=352da0c08d The Center for Human Rights: https://arts-sciences.catholic.edu/academics/interdisciplinary/human-rights-center/news/index.html