Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A75-W25
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A75-W25
Release Date: June 12, 2004
发布日：2004年6月12日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Attends the Press Conference in Observing June 4, 1989
标题：魏京生参加巴黎举行的“六四”十五周年记者招待会
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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Wei Jingsheng Attends the Press Conference in Observing June 4, 1989
On June 2, 2004, Reporters Without Boarders (RSF) invited Chinese democracy activists for a Press Conference in observance of the 15th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 democracy movement in China. The press conference emphasized and called on the international society to pay attention on the fact that Chinese human rights have not be improved since 1989 and the Chinese government has intensified its control and monitoring of the news media and the Internet.
The director of the Asia-Pacific desk, Mr. Vincent Brossel, hosted the press conference. The well-known Chinese democracy advocator, Mr. Wei Jingsheng, French human rights activist, Ms. Marie Holzman, leader of the Chinese workers' movement, Mr. CAI Chongguo, and students from the 1989 movement attended the press conference. Also present were Multi-national news media, including AFP (French Press Agency), BBC (British Broadcasting Co.),VOA (Voice of America), and Oriental Daily of Hong Kong, etc.
Mr. Wei Jingsheng first gave a review of the heroic movement of the Chinese citizens in 1989. He pointed out that the Chinese government has been a suppressive government all these years. Wei asked people not to forget that this Chinese government has been continuously suppressing people's rights of expression, and the Overseas Chinese democracy advocators have continuously struggled for a democratic China.
Wei Jingsheng also listed the suppression of the Chinese government over various independent groups and organizations, as well as the media and workers and peasants' movements. He said: "During the (former president) Jiang Zemin's era, the official suppression was more targeted at religious groups such as FaLunGong. But now under the new leader Hu Jintao, they suppress workers, peasants and news media. Even many official newspapers and reporters are suppressed via different means. And they have even more strict monitoring and control over the Internet."
Regarding France's proposal to lift the European Union's ban on weapon sales to China, Wei said: "If Europe sold weapons to China, the Chinese government would use them to deal with both the opposition inside China and Taiwan. Many European parties have considered that this is a dangerous approach." Reporters Without Boarders also emphasized that this ban should not be lifted as long as there is no human rights improvement in China. The weapon ban was the EU's sanction against China after the June 4 massacre in 1989.
Regarding the French government preventing the demonstration in front of the Chinese Embassy in the name of anti-terrorism, Wei Jingsheng, Marie Holzman, and Cai Chongguo all agreed that it indicated the weakness of Chirac's policy over the Chinese government.
In the statement by the Reporters Without Boarders was a long list of the terrible human rights violations by the Chinese government on the news media over the last 15 years. RSF called on the Chinese government to release the jailed and detained reporters and Internet dissidents, as well as to take away the firewalls against June 4, 1989.
1989 student representatives Mr. ZHANG Jian and Mr. WANG Longmong also talked about their own experiences.
More interviews by various media were done afterwards.
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中文版
Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A75-W25
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A75-W25
Release Date: June 12, 2004
发布日：2004年6月12日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Attends the Press Conference in Observing June 4, 1989
标题：魏京生参加巴黎举行的“六四”十五周年记者招待会
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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魏京生参加巴黎举行的“六四”十五周年记者招待会
在“六四”十五周年来临之际，6月2日，总部位于巴黎的人权组织——“无疆界记者”特邀一些中国民运人士召开了纪念“六四”十五周年记者招待会。称多年来中国人权状况没有改善，中国官方对媒体监控日益严重，国际社会应加以关注。
会议由“记者无疆界”亚太部主任梵尚·布罗西埃主持，出席人员包括著名民运人士魏京生、法国人权活动家玛丽·侯芷明、流亡法国的工运领袖蔡祟国和部分“六四”流亡学生及来自法国国际广播电台、BBC、美国之音、香港《东方日报》等多国媒体的记者参加了这些会议。
魏京生首先回顾了1989年中国人民为追示民主自由的英雄壮举。并指出，中国政府一直是一个镇压人民的政府，魏京生让人们不要忘记中国政府继续镇压人民表达权利，海外民运人士则不断为中国争取民主。
魏京生还列举出“六四”之后对包括法轮功在内的各种独立团体、媒体和工农运动的镇压行为。他说："在（前中国国家主席）江泽民时代，官方的镇压是针对宗教如法轮功，但现在到了胡锦涛时代，他们就对付工人、农民和媒体运动。许多官方报纸和记者都以多种方式被打压，对电子传媒互联网的监控比以前严重。"
关于法国提出取消欧盟对中国禁运武器的提议，魏京生说："如果欧洲向中国出售武器，中国必定会用来对付国内和台湾的反抗势力，欧洲多个政党认为撤消禁令是危险的做法。" 无国界记者亦就此问题强调，如果中国一日没有改善人权，就不能取消这个武器禁令。 此禁令是"六四"事件发生后欧盟对中国实行的制裁措施。
就法国政府今年以反恐为名阻止民主人士的游行和在中国在使馆门前的抗议活动。魏京生、玛丽·侯芷明和蔡崇国都认为这是希拉克政府对华软弱政策的表现。
记者无疆界的声明列举了“六四”以来15年中国政府在新闻传媒方面恶劣的人权记录。呼吁中国政府释放被关押的记者和网络异议人士，并取消对有关“六四”的网络限制。
会上，六四学生代表张健、王龙蒙以自己的亲身经历发表了讲话。随后，各家媒体又对各位人士就相关问题进行了单独采访。
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