The Dui Hua Foundation

09/25/2025

"I got to know Jerry Cohen during my masters at Harvard University between 1974-75. His classes on Chinese law laid the foundation of my human rights activism that began 15 years later. He will be truly missed."

John Kamm, Dui Hua Executive Director

09/16/2025

NEW: On Sept 15, 2024, US Pastor David Lin walked out of a Chinese prison and into freedom. As his plane flew over Alaska, his daughter called to give me the good news. I'm sharing the story of Dui Hua’s involvement on the anniversary of Lin's release:

The story of Dui Hua's efforts to free Pastor David Lin, released from China in September 2024 after 18 years of detention.

08/14/2025

NEW: Part 1 of our Prisoner Updates 2025 #6. A veteran democracy activist is sentenced for a third time. A journalist awaits trial for "endangering state security". A dissident is released after serving 11 years for subversion. Read more: https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2025-6-part-i/

07/15/2025

NEW John Kamm Remembers: No Way Out. John recounts an unsettling visit to Beijing Number Two Prison in 2001 and learns that even in a hopeless and oppressive environment, opportunities surface. Read the story:

John recounts an unsettling visit to Beijing Number Two Prison in 2001 and learns that even in a hopeless and oppressive environment, opportunities often surface.

07/05/2025

First sentence reduction for leader of unorthodox Christian group five years into his imprisonment; environmental activists detained for exposing pollutions. https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2025-5/

06/12/2025

Chinese authorities use "cult" crime targeting house churches and Buddhist group. https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2025-4/

05/13/2025

NEW JKR: I first discovered Zhu Jianbin's name in a NYT article by Nicholas Kristof and resolved to work on cases of the "disappeared" in China. Read what happened next:

Democracy Wall in Beijing, August 20, 1979. Source: Internet I was nearing the end of my one-year term as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong in 1990 when an article appeared in The New York Times about an obscure Democracy Wall activist by the...

04/16/2025

NEW John Kamm Remembers: 1999, The Beginning.

1999 was a year of defining world events. Amid these global changes, Dui Hua began its own endeavor from an office in San Francisco: https://duihua.org/1999-the-beginning/

03/26/2025

2025 Prisoner Update #3: Taiwan publisher Li Yanhe sentenced for inciting splittism; Missing professor Hu Shiyun returned to Japan; Bishop of Wenzhou in custody again. https://duihua.org/prisoner-updates-2025-3/

03/18/2025

NEW: In "Roads to Rome," John Kamm recalls his meeting with Vatican officials and hearing the Chinese government remark on Dui Hua’s work - one of the few times that they have publicly done so. Read more: https://duihua.org/roads-to-rome/

03/05/2025

NEW: Dui Hua's Spring Digest. Tariffs and tough talk but what about human rights?

2025 has witnessed fundamental shifts in U.S. foreign policy – Ukraine, tariffs on allies, withdrawal from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Human Rights Commission. As the U.S. changes its position, China holds its two annual plenary sessions – the National People’s Congres...