Women’s Rights in China and Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, headed by the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) members Jing Zhang and Reggie Littlejohn are sponsoring a Conference on Family Planning Policy and Population Development in the People’s Republic of China. This is an area of severe and widespread human rights abuses targeting women and […]
Tag: Ann Noonan
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Applauds Chen Guangcheng’s Freedom
For Immediate Release May 19, 2012 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Applauds Chen Guangcheng’s Freedom The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) extends a warm welcome to Chinese human rights legal activist Chen Guangcheng upon his arrival to the United States today. CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan stated: “We are overjoyed that Chen and […]
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 […]
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 […]
CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America Services
April 11, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Annette Lantos’ Plea to Save Voice of America (VOA) Services The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) is honored to learn that Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposals to cut Voice of America (VOA) services. Mrs. Lantos’s April 4, 2012 letter to the […]
CUSIB Joins Efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng
March 12, 2011 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins Efforts to Free Gao Zhisheng On Sunday, March 11, 2011 the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Executive Director Ann Noonan attended the “Global Mission to Free Gao Zhisheng” sponsored by Chinese dissident Tang Baiqiao held at the Democracy University Chamber in Flushing, New York. This […]
BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services
This article by CUSIB Executive Director Ann Noonan was published in National Review: BBG Ready to Drop the Ax on Cantonese and Tibetan Services By Ann Noonan March 5, 2012 In December 2011, the Broadcasting Board of Governors issued a proclamation in observance of Voice of America’s 70th anniversary of Mandarin and Cantonese Services, boasting: “Mandarin […]
Human rights groups appeal to Congress to save broadcasts to China, Tibet and other nations without free media
Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee Dear Members of Congress: This letter is to request your strong support to restore the funding in the FY2013 Budget for Voice of America (VOA) radio and television broadcasting to China and Tibet. We adamantly object to the proposal by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which […]
CUSIB Opposes BBG's FY2013 Budget Proposal
February 17, 2012 For Immediate Release Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting Opposes Broadcasting Board of Governors’ Budget Proposal for FY2013 The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has issued the following statement after a careful review of the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ 161-page Budget Proposal for FY2013: “The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting is outraged […]
CUSIB Congratulates Michael Lynton on Appointment as Interim Presiding Governor
February 12, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Congratulates Michael Lynton on Appointment as Interim Presiding Governor The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) has released the following statement in response to the recent announcement that Michael Lynton will serve as the Interim Presiding Governor of the Broadcasting Board of Governors: The Committee for U.S. […]