Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue Number: A88-G23
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A88-G23
Release Date: November 27, 2004
发布日：2002年11月27日
Topic: Thanksgivings from Wei Jingsheng Foundation to Our Supporters and Nominees for the first Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Award"
标题：魏京生基金会感谢海内外朋友的支持及第一届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”的提名名单
Original Language Version: English (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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Thanksgivings from Wei Jingsheng Foundation to Our Supporters and Nominees for the first Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Award"
Dear friends of Mr. Wei Jingsheng, Wei Jingsheng Foundation and all the others who are concerned about human rights and democracy in China:
On this Thanksgiving week, we want to express our gratitude to those of you who have supported us, to our volunteers, as well as those of you who are inside China, who risk their freedom and more in an effort for a democratic and free China.
Our newsletter is entering its third year. As one of a few important ways for us to communicate with you in general, we want to say thanks in appreciation of those of you who have taken time, effort, and even risk to communicate with us, to send us timely news, analysis and response, even gifts and donations. In particular we appreciate the recent enthusiastic nominations for the first annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Award".
Without a doubt, the nominations themselves are an enormous salute to those people inside China who sacrifice for a better China. Since the beginning of June, until the last of day of the open nomination session (midnight of November 25, 2004), we have received over a dozen nominations from four continents, most of which are from people inside China. (By now, we have sent out our acknowledgement to all the nominators as well.) Of the ten officially documented nominees, some were nominated multiple times, some of them were nominated by groups. Neither the Foundation, nor the award committee members have permitted ourselves to nominate anyone.
Although our award committee is still reviewing and making a decision for the final awardee(s), we want to take this opportunity to present you all the qualified candidates (currently in China) we have received as a recognition to all these democracy advocates and human rights activists, although we know there are many more unsung heroes as well.
The following are nominees we have received, by phone calls and e-mails (presented in the order of time that the nomination was received, duplications are omitted):
XU WanPing
HUANG JinQiu (i.e. Qing ShuiJun) (in prison)
QIN YongMin (in prison)
HU ShiGen (in
prison)
TAO Jun
KANG YuChun (just released)
LIU JingSheng (just released today)
WANG GuoQi
LIU XianBin
(in prison)
YU DongYue (in prison)
As we have announced, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation decided to establish the "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Award", an annual award mainly to encourage Chinese democracy advocates inside of China for devoting themselves to and contributed to the progress of Chinese democracy. The announcement shall be on December 5, the anniversary date of publication of the well-known article "The 5th Modernization - Chinese Democracy", by Mr. Wei Jingsheng in 1978, a landmark date for the Chinese democracy process.
Again, as the holiday season is coming, let us salute to these nominees, who represent the tip of the iceberg of the political prisoners who were imprisoned and tortured by a totalitarian regime. Let us act on sympathy, in supporting each other. Let us reach out in compassion, to help the weak and suppressed ones, to seek the justice and freedom for all.
Let us contribute together for a better China and the welfare of all the Chinese people.
We thank you all and wish you well!
-- Ciping Huang
Executive Director, Wei Jingsheng Foundation
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中文版
Wei Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue Number: A88-G23
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A88-G23
Release Date: November 27, 2004
发布日：2002年11月27日
Topic: Thanksgivings from Wei Jingsheng Foundation to Our Supporters and Nominees for the first Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Award"
标题：魏京生基金会感谢海内外朋友的支持及第一届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”的提名名单
Original Language Version: English (Chinese version at the end)
此号以中文为准（英文在前，中文在后）
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魏京生基金会感谢海内外朋友的支持及第一届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”的提名名单
致所有关心中国民主人权和关心魏京生及魏京生基金会的朋友们:
在感恩节这个快乐的美国传统节日里,魏京生基金会的新闻发布也进入了第三个年头。谨此，我们向我们的朋友们与支持者们表示衷心的感谢，尤其是我们的出钱又出力的自愿者们，及冒着危险与我们联系，传递各种信息与意见的大陆境内的民主与人权斗士们。这里，我们也向第一届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”提名者们表示谢意。
毫无疑义，提名本身就是对那些在大陆境内推动民主进程的，并因此而遭受磨难的人们的极大表彰。自今年六月初起，至提名截止期的2004年11月25日午夜（美东时间），我们已收到并回复了来自四大洲的十多个提名，最多的直接来自中国大陆。目前有获奖资格的十人，其中数人被提名多次，数人被群体共同推荐。本基金会成员及评奖委员会成员无提名资格。
尽管目前评奖委员会还在其最后的运作之中，我们谨在此列出所有的目前有资格的候选人十名（以提名先后列）。也算是对国内所有的民主斗士，包括那些默默无闻，坚持不懈，却不计名利的英雄们的赞扬：
1．许万平
2．黄金秋（清水君）（在狱中）
3．秦永敏（在狱中）
4．胡石根（在狱中）
5．陶君
6．康玉春 （释放不久）
7．刘京生 （今天刚释放）
8．王国齐
9．刘贤斌 （在狱中）
10．喻东岳 （在狱中，被逼疯）
"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"为年度奖。得奖对象将以支持与奖励在中国国内坚持中国民主运动的个人与团体为主。预定颁奖日为12月5日 -- 魏京生先生1978年发表的，享有盛名的文章“第五个现代化- 民主”的纪念日。
节日与新年将临，让我们不要忘了这许多为了中国大众，为了一个健康繁荣，民主自由的中国而受苦受难的人们，以我们的同情心来彼此支持，以我们的良心来捍卫弱小，来争得公正，来为所有人的尊严，自由与权利而奋斗。
最后,谨祝大家节日快乐并感谢各位对魏京生及魏京生基金会的一贯支持.愿我们共同努力.
魏京生基金会 执行主任
-- 黄慈萍
（魏京生基金会首发，请注明出处。www.weijingsheng.org）
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