Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng called while the Women’s Rights Without Frontiers president Reggie Littlejohn was being interviewed on Voice of America Monday. Reggie Littlejohn is an Advisory Board member of the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) which has been working to keep Voice of America radio and television broadcasts to […]
Justin C. Yu, Chinese American community leader, joins CUSIB Advisory Board
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) is delighted that Justin C. Yu, a journalist and Chinese American community leader, has agreed to be a member of our Advisory Board. Justin Yu is the President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York. Justin Yu worked for twenty-five years as a reporter […]
Voice of America radio to China – the sounds of news silence from Broadcasting Board of Governors
Voice of America radio to China – the sounds of news silence from Broadcasting Board of Governors by Ann Noonan, Executive Director, Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and its International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) management team have finally accomplished their goal of cutting into Voice of America […]
CUSIB's Jing Zhang's article on China's war on baby girls published in National Review Online
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Jing Zhang published an article in National Review Online on China’s war on baby girls. She describes reprisals by the Chinese communist authorities against a charity helping Chinese women keep and feed their infants. These reprisals have intensified after the daring escape from house arrest […]
Breaking News: CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn testifying in Congress on Chen Guangcheng
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, is testifying at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China emergency hearing on Recent Developments and History of the Chen Guangcheng Case. Chen Guangcheng spoke during the hearing by phone. In a phone call lasting about eight […]
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn reported on Chen Guangcheng's escape from house arrest
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Reggie Littlejohn reported that blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng has escaped house arrest. Reggie Littlejohn, who is president of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, has received the news about Chen Guangcheng’s escape from leading Chinese activist He Peirong and other human rights defenders in […]
BBG Governor Victor Ashe pays tribute to Annette Lantos and her late husband
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Miami on April 20, the federal agency in charge of U.S. international broadcasting decided to reverse its earlier decision on Voice of America (VOA) program cuts to China and Tibet. In expressing his full support for restoring funding for these broadcasts, BBG Governor Ambassador […]
Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2012 Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet CUSIB/New York, NY — The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has been vindicated by the action of Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) who approved a plan to restore funding in the FY […]
Annette Lantos Defends Voice of America Broadcasts to China
Annette Lantos Defends Voice of America Broadcasts to China Annette Lantos, wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has written a letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) defending Voice of America China broadcasts in Tibetan and Cantonese. The BBG put these broadcasts on the chopping block in its budget proposal earlier this […]
BBG's Victor Ashe pushes for saving Voice of America and Radio Free Asia broadcasts
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) member Ambassador Victor Ashe has called the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) to express his appreciation for CUSIB’s pro-media freedom and human rights activities mentioned in a recent letter to the BBG from Annette Lantos, a human rights campaigner. Mrs. Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, is the wife of the […]