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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue: A97-O19
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A97-O19
Release Date: December 24, 2004
发布日：2004年12月24日
Topic: WEI Jingsheng and Ciping HUANG Met with US State
Department Officials in Regarding the Deterioration of Chinese Human Rights
Condition
标题：魏京生，黄慈萍与美国国务院人权官员细谈中国人权恶化
Original Language Version: English
(English at beginning, Chinese version at the end)
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WEI Jingsheng and Ciping HUANG Met with US State Department Officials in Regarding the Deterioration of Chinese Human Rights Condition
Ciping HUANG and WEI Jingsheng met with officials in the US State Department in two separate meetings on December 17 and December 20 on behalf of the Chinese democracy advocates inside China. The meetings regarded the deterioration of the Chinese human rights condition, and urged the US government to be alert, take action and apply pressure on the Chinese government. They were arranged because of our common concern that the recent detention and harassment of several dissidents in China are just the beginnings of new waves of crackdown by the Chinese Communist government. As the long holiday season related to Christmas and the New Year has arrived, concerns were raised that the new suppression could slip by without enough and immediate international attention and outcry.
In the meeting between Ms. Ciping Huang and Ms. Rana Siu, the foreign affairs officer for Northeast Asia and China, Ms. Huang briefed Ms. Siu on the current human rights status in China and the recent detentions and harassments pro-democracy and human rights activists have received and might yet receive. She provided a list of names and details to be paid attention to.
In the meeting between Mr. Wei Jingsheng and Mr. Michael Kozak, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, both agreed that the human rights condition in China is getting worse and firm actions and stands need to be taken, as well as a further cooperation for immediate reaction and actions.
The one hour long conversation between Wei and Kozak went through several topics; in particular about the current status of Chinese human rights condition, what action the US State Department could take, enhanced cooperation in the future, and the planning for the next year’s Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue: A97-O19
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A97-O19
Release Date: December 24, 2004
发布日：2004年12月24日
Topic: WEI Jingsheng and Ciping HUANG Met with US State
Department Officials in Regarding the Deterioration of Chinese Human Rights
Condition
标题：魏京生，黄慈萍与美国国务院人权官员细谈中国人权恶化
Original Language Version: English
(English at beginning, 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，黄慈萍与美国国务院人权官员细谈中国人权恶化
2004年12月17日与20日，受中国大陆境内人权与民运人士的委托，魏京生基金会的黄慈萍女士与魏京生先生本人与美国国务院人权局的有关官员分别进行了会谈。会谈主题围绕着近来中国人权恶化，并强烈要求美国政府在中国人权方面采取坚定与强硬的态度与措施。这两次会谈的背景来自近来海内外人士对中国人权状况后退的担虑，尤其是中共最近明里暗里对异议人士的打压实已成为新的一轮大规模镇压之前兆。而西方世界圣诞新年节假日的到来则更会成为中共恃无忌惮的时机。
黄慈萍的有关会谈里主要是提供有关中国大陆人权问题的细节，已遭受及可能被迫害的人士与情况的详情。
魏京生先生与国务院人权局代理助理国务卿迈克寇扎克先生的长达一小时的会谈则包括了一系列的有关人权的议题，如美国政府尤其是国务院可能就推进中国人权进步所作的工作，对人权与民主捍卫者可能的呼吁与营救方式，以及明年春季的联合国日内瓦的人权会议等。双方一致同意中国近期的人权状况急剧恶化，须加强合作，及时互通消息，以求进步。
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