19 Facts About Benedict Rogers

Benedict Richard Victor Rogers is a British human rights activist and journalist based in London.

Benedict Rogers's work focuses on Asia, particularly Burma, North Korea, Indonesia, the Maldives, East Timor, Pakistan and Hong Kong.

Benedict Rogers is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Huffington Post and has appeared on BBC, CNN, Sky, Al Jazeera and other television and radio stations.

Benedict Rogers is the co-founder and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party's human rights commission and the co-founder of the International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea.

Benedict Rogers is the East Asia Team Leader at Christian Solidarity Worldwide and the founder of Hong Kong Watch.

Benedict Rogers is a member of the advisory group of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China and an advisor to the World Uyghur Congress.

Benedict Rogers became the Chief Executive of Hong Kong Watch in September 2020 and continues to hold that position.

Benedict Rogers has written three books which focus on Burma and co-authored two others on Christian human rights obligations.

Benedict Rogers is the East Asia Team Leader at the international human rights organisation Christian Solidarity Worldwide, where he oversees the organisation's work in the region.

Benedict Rogers has lived in and travelled to East Timor and China, and previously worked on Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Benedict Rogers has testified in hearings at the House of Commons, the European Parliament, the National Diet of Japan and the United States Congress.

Benedict Rogers has organised several investigative humanitarian trips to Burma's borders for British and European parliamentarians.

Benedict Rogers is a regular contributor to international media, including The Wall Street Journal, International Herald Tribune, The Telegraph, The Spectator, and The Huffington Post.

Benedict Rogers wrote for the Hong Kong Standard between 2000 and 2002.

On 11 October 2017, Benedict Rogers was barred entry to Hong Kong.

Benedict Rogers arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on a flight from Bangkok but was escorted away by immigration officials and placed on a flight back to Thailand.

Benedict Rogers had previously been warned by a contact in the Chinese embassy in London that he might be refused entry to Hong Kong.

Benedict Rogers, who lived and worked as a journalist in Hong Kong between 1997 and 2002, has criticised China's increasing threat to democracy in Hong Kong and has campaigned against the imprisonment of pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow.

In March 2022, the Hong Kong police accused Benedict Rogers of "jeopardising China's national security" and told him that he faces charges of "collusion with foreign forces" if he ever returns to the city.