Category: English — Press Releases & Statements
English-language Free China Movement press releases and statements.
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Freedom to Read and Remember: Concerns About Book Restrictions and Historical Censorship in Hong Kong
Freedom of expression includes the ability to research, publish, distribute and debate accounts of history, including histories that governments dispute. Reports of restrictions on books or public remembrance in Hong Kong deserve close scrutiny, particularly when decisions affect…
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Protect Political Prisoners and Their Families: A Call for Due Process, Family Contact, and International Monitoring
Statement The Free China Movement calls for transparent legal procedures, humane treatment and independent scrutiny in cases involving political prisoners in mainland China. Families should be able to obtain reliable information about detention, seek legal assistance and advocate…
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Free China Movement Statement on the Seizure and Disappearance from Contact of Changzhou Rights Defender Xu Weiping
Washington, D.C. — October 20, 2026 Xu Weiping is a citizen of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, whose lawful home was forcibly demolished nineteen years ago. She has never received the resettlement or compensation the law provides, and for nineteen…
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Free China Movement Statement on the September 22 Assault on a Peaceful Demonstrator Outside the PRC Consulate in Toronto
Washington, D.C. — October 20, 2026 On the morning of September 22, 2026, outside the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Toronto, a man wearing a jacket bearing a PRC flag emblem tore down…
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Free China Movement Statement on the October 18 Maritime Incursions Around ROC (Taiwan)
The Free China Movement condemns the multi-point maritime harassment carried out by the PRC (Mainland) against ROC (Taiwan) on October 18, 2026, and calls on the international community to recognize it for what it is: a coordinated gray-zone…
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Free China Movement calls for evidence-led accountability in dissident custodial deaths
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — October 19, 2026 October 19, 2026 — The Free China Movement called for independent investigations into a series of reported deaths involving dissidents and rights defenders in prisons, detention centers, police custody, or under…
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The Republic of China Must Not Forget the People of Mainland China: FCM Responds to President Lai’s National Day Address
On the Republic of China’s 115th National Day, President Lai Ching-te called the nation ‘a city upon a hill.’ The Free China Movement agrees — and holds that a city upon a hill must not turn away from…
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Free China Movement Calls for Immediate Medical Access and Transparency for Ren Zhiqiang
The Free China Movement calls for disclosure of Ren Zhiqiang’s condition and location, independent medical examination, adequate specialist treatment, and medical parole or hospitalization if necessary.
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Chinese communities worldwide called to mark the Republic of China’s 115th National Day and join a campaign for a free China
**PR No:** FCM-PR-2026-10-02-01 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 2, 2026 Double Tenth is the birthday of a republic founded for the people. October 1 is the birthday of a party-state. WASHINGTON / TAIPEI — With eight days left before…
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On the campaign for a free China
**Campaign companion paper — FCM-PR-2026-10-02-01** The Free China campaign is a standing public appeal with three demands: an end to one-party rule on the mainland, the release of prisoners of conscience, and a future constitution in which the…