Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue: A53-G16
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A53-G16
Release Date: February 18, 2004
发布日：2004年2月18日
Topic: An Urgent Personal Appeal from WEI Jingsheng
标题：魏京生就日内瓦联合国人权会议就中国人权问题的提案之紧急呼吁
Original Language Version: English (Chinese version at the end)
此号以英文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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An Urgent Personal Appeal from WEI Jingsheng
Dear friends,
Over the years, many of you have supported me and the Chinese human rights and democracy movement. And nowadays, I often hear you ask me what you could do to help our cause. I surely appreciate it, as I know your kindness is not out of sympathy, but of conscience.
Now you can help, to act on your conscience and kindness, for our Chinese fellows who suffer human rights abuses.
As many of you know, the Chinese human rights condition has deteriorated over the last few years. One of the important factors is the lack of international pressure, including the lack of a resolution presented to condemn the Chinese government's human rights record at the UNHCHR (United Nations' High Commission for Human Rights). This omission has been particularly true for the last two years when such a resolution was not even proposed at the UNHCHR's annual meeting in Geneva, as other factors outweighed the human rights issue.
Now the annual Commission meeting is going to start next month, yet we still have not seen a country come forward to propose such a resolution, including the United States. I am extremely appreciative of a recent bill proposed in the US Congress by two long time champions of Chinese human rights, Rep. Chris Smith and Rep. Frank Wolf, calling on the US administration to support Chinese human rights by presenting a resolution in the upcoming UNHCHR Geneva meeting. I also appreciate the 30 congressional members who have already co-sponsored the bill, especially those members who have personally responded to my appeal.
This bill is planned to be moved in HIRC (House International Relation Committee) on Feb. 25 and go to the House floor shortly afterward. However, currently, we still need an additional two members from HIRC as the original co-sponsors of the bill to make it through.
Hereby, I am making a personal appeal to my friends who have tried to help us in the past to help this time. Please reach these congressional members, especially those members who are from your district, and persuade them to co-sponsor and vote on this resolution.
I am attaching for you the members in HIRC who have not yet agreed to co-sponsor the bill, along with the appeal from Rep. Chris Smith and Rep. Frank Wolf.
Thanks you very much for your attention and your help!
Wei Jingsheng
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Attachment 1: Proposed bill in US House by Rep. Chris Smith & Rep. Frank Wolf
Support Human Rights in China
Hold China accountable before the UN Commission on Human Rights
Dear Colleague:
As the Administration prepares for the annual UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva this March, we must not forget about the serious, systematic, and ongoing human rights abuses inflicted by the government of the People's Republic of China upon its own people. In describing the PRC, last year's State Department Human Rights report, stated:
The PRC's human rights record throughout the year remained poor . . . Abuses included instances of extra-judicial killings, torture and mistreatment of prisoners, forced confessions, arbitrary arrest and detention, lengthy incommunicado detention, and denial of due process . . . Government respect for religious freedom remained poor and crackdowns against Muslim Uyghurs, Tibetan Buddhists, and unregistered groups, including underground Protestant and Catholic groups, continued.
In addition to persecuting the above mentioned religious groups, we know that the persecution of the Falun Gong continues to intensify, opponents of the regime continue to be unjustly imprisoned, and women continue to flee forced abortions. We also know that the government continues to violate international law through forcibly deporting thousands of North Korean refugees, many of whom are subsequently sent to concentration camps where they face vicious persecution and death.
In the midst of the War and Terrorism and the serious situation in North Korea, we must not lose sight of the serious, ongoing human rights abuses in China. Along with a number of our colleagues, we plan on introducing a resolution calling on the Administration and the world community to push for the passage of a resolution condemning the PRC's human rights abuses. For more information, or to sign-on as an original cosponsor, please contact George Phillips (Rep. Smith) at x53765.
Sincerely,
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH FRANK WOLF
Member of Congress Member of Congress
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Attachment 2: HIRC members who have not yet agreed to co-sponsor the bill in "Support Human Rights in China"
Listed as:
Name, fax number
State, district number
(Please check on the Internet for other contact information)
Gary L. Ackerman 1-202-225-1589
New York, 5th District
Cass Ballenger 1-202-225-0316
North Carolina, 10th District
Chris Bell
Texas, 25th District
Doug Bereuter 1-202-225-5686
Nebraska, 1st District
Shelley Berkley 1-202-225-3119
Nevada, 1st District
Howard L. Berman 1-202-225-3196
California, 28th District
Earl Blumenauer 1-202-225-8941
Oregon, 3rd District
Roy Blunt 1-202-225-5604
Missouri, 7th District
Dan Burton 1-202-225-0016
Indiana, 5th District
Steve Chabot 1-202-225-3012
Ohio, 1st District
Joseph Crowley 1-202-225-1909
New York, 7th District
William D. Delahunt 1-202-225-
Massachusetts, 10th District
Eliot L. Engel 1-202-225-5513
New York, 17th District
Eni F. H.
Faleomavaega
American Samoa
Jeff Flake 1-202-226-4386
Arizona, 6th District
Elton Gallegly 1-202-225-1100
California, 24th District
Katherine Harris
Florida, 13th District
Joseph M. Hoeffel 1-202-226-0611
Pennsylvania, 13th District
Amo Houghton 1-202-225-5574
New York, 29th District
Henry J. Hyde, Chairman 1-202-225-1166
Illinois, 6th District
Peter King 1-202-226-2279
New York, 3rd District
James A. Leach 1-202-226-1278
Iowa, 2nd District
Barbara Lee 1-202-225-9817
California, 9th District
Betty McCollum 1-202-225-1968
Minnesota, 4th District
Thaddeus G. McCotter
Michigan, 11th District
John M. McHugh 1-202-226-0621
New York, 23rd District
Gregory W. Meeks 1-202-226-4169
New York, 6th District
Robert Menendez 1-202-226-0792
New Jersey, 13th District
Ron Paul 1-202-226-4871
Texas, 14th District
Joseph R. Pitts 1-202-225-2013
Pennsylvania, 16th District
Edward R. Royce 1-202-226-0335
California, 40th District
Adam B. Schiff 1-202-225-5828
California, 29th District
Adam Smith 1-202-225-5893
Washington, 9th District
Nick Smith 1-202-225-6281
Michigan, 7th District
Diane E. Watson
California, 33rd District
Jerry Weller 1-202-225-3521
Illinois, 11th District
Robert Wexler 1-202-225-5974
Florida, 19th District
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中文版
Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue: A53-G16
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A53-G16
Release Date: February 18, 2004
发布日：2004年2月18日
Topic: An Urgent Personal Appeal from WEI Jingsheng
标题：魏京生就日内瓦联合国人权会议就中国人权问题的提案之紧急呼吁
此号以英文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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魏京生就日内瓦联合国人权会议就中国人权问题的提案之紧急呼吁
朋友们：
第60届联合国人权会议下个月就要在日内瓦召开了。至今，谴责中国政府的人权纪录的提案尚未有着落。
美国政府也迟迟未作决定。所幸的事，在两名长期关注并致力于中国人权进步的美国国会议员的推动下，一个有关的督促布什政府提出谴责中国政府的人权纪录的提案的议案就将产生。
目前，该议案已有30位国会议员为共同提案人，其中13位为美国众议院国际关系委员会成员。目前仍需两位美国众议院国际关系委员会成员才能使该议案在二月二十五日正式提出。
大家知道，这几年中国人权的恶化与缺乏国际压力，包括这两年未能在日内瓦提出中国的人权案，有很大的关系。我希望我们的朋友们能积极参与，推动该议案的提出与通过。
详情请参看英文版。
魏京生
2004年2月18日
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