George Washington University President Censors Artist’s Posters Protesting Beijing Winter Olympics

Students Launch Bipartisan Protest Against University's China Investments - Tennessee Star

George Washington University (GWU) students held a bipartisan protest Tuesday, urging the Washington D.C. institution to divest its endowment from companies that are complicit in China's human rights abuses.

GW Students Debate Campus Censorship After Removal of Posters Critical of Chinese Communist Party - The Stream

When George Washington University made national news last week after removing artwork criticizing China’s human rights abuses, it also sparked debate among students about free speech on college campuses.

University president criticized anti-CCP artwork, then backtracked after learning about Uyghurs

'Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist,' the president of GWU wrote in a statement clarifying his stance on artwork posted around campus.

George Washington University recants promise to uncover Chinese government critics after artist’s satirical Olympics posters appear on campus

Within China, censorship has been the hallmark of the Beijing 2022 Olympics. This weekend, China’s repression of dissent was imitated here in the United States by George Washington University, when the university’s president vowed to identify and expose those who posted Olympics-themed art on campus criticizing China’s human rights record.  Last night, FIRE swiftly criticized... Read more

George Washington U. president backs off vow to ‘unmask’ students responsible for anti-China government posters

In a statement issued Monday, George Washington University President Mark Wrighton backed off his pledge to “unmask” students responsible for posters critical of the Chinese government over its…

GWU president criticized for response to political art

A student group backed by the Chinese Communist Party pushed university leaders to remove posters that depicted Chinese athletes in imagery related to human rights abuses by the Chinese government.