Benedict Rogers
Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer. He is Senior Director at Fortify Rights, co-founder and Chair of Hong Kong Watch, and author of seven books, including “The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny”, “Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads”, and “From Burma to Rome: A Journey into the Catholic Church”.
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Creative co-existence, the only way forward
(15 minutes) We must defend not only our own freedom of expression but also that of those we disagree with, believes human rights campaigner Benedict Rogers.
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Where is the international outrage as Myanmar burns?
(4 minute read) World leaders are silent or impotent as barbaric generals lead the country to a humanitarian catastrophe, says Benedict Rogers.
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Giants, faithful soldiers, morons, moral cowards and the truly wicked
(6 minute read) Benedict Rogers invites us each to consider where we stand in the face of tyranny.
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Remembering everyone’s Rabbi
(8 minute read) When a voice of reason dies, it’s time to listen again to its wisdom. We could all benefit from the gentle and wise insights of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, says Benedict Rogers.
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Crackdown in China: it’s time to end the silence on human rights atrocities
(11 minute read) While the world looks away, atrocities committed by the Chinese Government grow ever-more serious. Benedict Rogers asks readers to confront the horrifying reality of life in modern day China for ethnic and religious minorities.
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An atlas of agony: the persecution of minorities today
In the western world we take for granted the freedom to practise - or to refuse to practise - religious belief. But as Benedict Rogers explains, in many parts of the planet, such freedom cannot be taken for granted.
