2011–12 Lecture

35th Annual Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Lecture
Dimon Liu
Oct. 11, 2011, 4:30 p.m.   Degenstein Center Theater

Dimon Liu was born in China and immigrated to the United States in 1965. She became a human rights activist after witnessing conditions in China during a three-month trip there in 1972. She has urged human rights organizations to embrace Chinese concerns, systematically briefed journalists on conditions in China, taught Chinese citizens how to get involved in politics, and organized human rights initiatives within Chinese pro-democracy groups.

At the U.N. Sub-Commission on Human Rights in 1989, she initiated and organized an intervention that resulted in an unprecedented U.N. reprimand against China on human rights abuse. She has testified before Congress on human rights conditions in China and regularly briefs Capitol Hill on related issues. Her writings on human rights and rule of law, appeared in many journals and newspapers, including the Asian Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times, Newsday and The Washington Times.