Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A67-W21
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A67-W21
Release Date: May 31, 2004
发布日：2004年5月31日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Invited to the 10th Anniversary of the Vietnam Human Rights Day in US Senate
标题：魏京生应邀参加美国参议院里举行的第十届越南人权日的庆祝活动并以贵宾身份讲话
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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Wei Jingsheng Invited to the 10th Anniversary of the Vietnam Human Rights Day in US Senate
Editor's note:
On the Saturday of this Memorial weekend, I stopped by the newly dedicated National WWII Memorial located in the central axis of the Mall in Washington DC. Watching that big crowd of 200,000 people who celebrated the dedication ceremony leave and later listened to the radio broadcasting of the dedication event, I sigh. It took more than half century for these 16 millions US veterans served in WWII to be recognized this way, how long will it take for China? My current goal, however, is not a memorial, but to help build the real democracy in China, as well as the other countries which lack of democracy, including Vietnam.
-- Ciping Huang
On May 11, 2004, the 10th Anniversary of Vietnam Human Rights Day, Wei Jingsheng was invited again to attend the ceremony in the US Senate. Ciping Huang, Executive Director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, was also invited and attended the event.
Wei has been invited to the annual celebration every year since his arrival in the US, and has attended whenever he could. More than a dozen US Congressional members have sponsored and attended this event that was held in the US Senate Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building. The day was designated by the US Congress in 1994 in support of efforts by the Non-Violent Movement for Human Rights in Vietnam to achieve freedom and human rights for the people of Vietnam.
Wei was warmly welcomed by many long-time Vietnamese friends; many of them came from outside the Washington Metropolitan area, from as far as Los Angeles, and even outside continental America. He is welcomed by the leaders of the organizations, especially Dr. Quan Nguyen, head of International Committee for Freedom to Support The Non-Violent Movement For Human Rights In Vietnam.
Later, he attended the dinner banquet in commemoration of this day.
In his speech to the crowd, Wei Jingsheng emphasized his desire to continue his support and cooperation with the Vietnamese human rights colleagues. He emphasized two issues. The first is to be aware of the grouping of dictatorships. The only way we human rights activists from different countries can deal with that powerful group is to unite together. The other is to face the fact that the dictators have learned the more successful way of offering economic incentives to pro-democracy Western countries, and to use these incentives as bait to our own people. We must be alert and prevent them from carrying out their tricks successfully.
Photo link 1: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez Gave Speech in the Congress on the Vietnam Human Rights Day
http://weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2004/newsletters2004-1/Senate040511SanchezL-4.jpg
Photo link 2: Congressional members and representative with the Vietnamese human rights leaders
http://weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2004/newsletters2004-1/Vietnam040511Congress-3.jpg
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Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A67-W21
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A67-W21
Release Date: May 31, 2004
发布日：2004年5月31日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Invited to the 10th Anniversary of the Vietnam Human Rights Day in US Senate
标题：魏京生应邀参加美国参议院里举行的第十届越南人权日的庆祝活动并以贵宾身份讲话
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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魏京生应邀参加美国参议院里举行的第十届越南人权日的庆祝活动并以贵宾身份讲话
2004年5月11日是越南人权日十周年。魏京生先生被邀参加上午在美国参议院举行的庆祝活动。魏京生基金会执行主任黄慈萍也受邀并参加。十多名国会议员出席了这项数百人参加的活动。
魏京生的出现受到了来自世界各地的多年的越南人权人士的盛情欢迎。他的简短发言更是赢得大家的热烈鼓掌。在他的讲话中，他突出强调了两点。第一是要注意这些年来专制政府间的联合，要对付这样强大的恶势力，我们必须互相团结，加强合作，争取胜利。第二是必须警惕我们的敌人以经济手段来得逞。他们不仅以经济手段来协迫那些西方的民主国家，也以经济手段来分化打击我们的队伍，乃至培养叛徒与特务。
自他来美后，魏京生每年都受到参加该活动的邀请。他尽所能地参加这项活动，以表对我们的同盟的支持。
有关像片的网页连接之一: 国会议员Sanchez演讲支持越南人权日
http://weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2004/newsletters2004-1/Senate040511SanchezL-4.jpg
有关像片的网页连接之二：美国国会议员们与越南人权领袖们在一起
http://weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2004/newsletters2004-1/Vietnam040511Congress-3.jpg
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