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Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A548-O164
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A548-O164
Release
Date: June 5, 2010
发布日：2010年6月5日
Topic:
Candle Light Vigil Hold in Washington DC in Commemoration of the 21st
Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre in Beijing (Radio Free Asia)
标题： 美国华盛顿举行纪念六四21周年的烛光晚会（自由亚洲电台）
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Candle
Light Vigil Hold in Washington DC in Commemoration of the 21st Anniversary of
the June 4 Massacre in Beijing
--
by Shen Hua of Radio Free Asia, June 5, 2010
In
the evening of June 4th, a group of people gathered under the Goddess of
Democracy statue to commemorate the anniversary of the June 4 Massacre happened
in Beijing 21 years ago.
This
activity was organized by the Independent Federation of Chinese Students and
Scholars in the US (IFCSS) and co-sponsored by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation and
other organizations. The location
was at the Victims of Communism Memorial marked by a replica of the Goddess of
Democracy that once stood in Tiananmen Square during the 1989 democracy
movement in China. It was a
perfect place to hold the activity.
After
the opening remarks given by YI Danxuan, the Council Chair of IFCSS, a recorded
message from Prof. DING Zilin, representing the "Tiananmen Mothers"
was broadcasted. Prof. Ding said
that the Chinese government has been trying to cover up and deny what they did
21 years ago. The people will
never forget the crime they committed.
Prof. Ding thanked IFCSS for holding the June4 memorial every year for
the last 21 years.
The
Chairman of the Victims of Communism Foundation, Dr. Lee Edwards, also spoke at
the gathering. He introduced the
on-line Global Communism Museum.
IFCSS'
Freedom Spirit Award for this year was given to Dr. Wang Bingzhang, one of the
earliest overseas Chinese movement leaders, who is still in jail in China. Ms. WAND Tianan, the daughter of Dr.
Wang accepted the award for her father.
Nearly
50 people participated in the gathering.
An American young man at the gathering said that current suppression in
Tibet and Xinjiang indicates that the Chinese government did not learn anything
from what happened 21 years ago.
He said that he did not want to see this happen again.
To
read the complete report in original Chinese language, along with video and
photos, please visit:
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/6421-06052010120424.html
Related
photos (all photo credit: Ciping HUANG)
1.
banner and T-shirt in memorial of the 1989 June 4 Massacre in Beijing:
2.
IFCSS etc. Hold Candle Light Vigil in Washington DC
3.
Artwork depict June 4 Massacre in 1989:
4. Chairman
of the Victims of Communism Foundation, Dr. Lee Edwards, speaks:
5.
Representative for Hong Kong democracy groups speaks:
6.
Tibetan speaks:
7.
Wang BingZhang’s daughter, Wang TianAn, accept the 2010 Spirit of Freedom
Award:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2010/newsletters2010-3/WangBZ100604award-c-4.jpg
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中文版
Overseas
Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A548-O164
中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A548-O164
Release
Date: June 5, 2010
发布日：2010年6月5日
Topic:
Candle Light Vigil Hold in Washington DC in Commemoration of the 21st
Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre in Beijing (Radio Free Asia)
标题： 美国华盛顿举行纪念六四21周年的烛光晚会（自由亚洲电台）
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美国华盛顿举行纪念六四21周年的烛光晚会（图、视频）
2010-06-05
六月四号傍晚，在美国华盛顿市中心的一角，在民主女神像下，一群人手举燃烧的蜡烛，纪念21年前震惊世界的“六四事件”。一个美国小伙子说，“六四”之后，中国政府并没有吸取教训，又在新疆，西藏进行镇压，他说他不希望这样的事情再次发生。自由亚洲电台记者申铧在现场采访后发来的报道
华盛顿市中心的这次纪念活动由全美中国学生学者自治联合会，魏京生基金会等组织联合主办。地点在共产主义受难者纪念碑旁边。这个纪念碑是1989年民主运动中在天安门广场上竖起来的民主女神像的翻版。在这里纪念“六四”再恰当不过。
全美学自联理事会主席易丹轩做完开场白后，播放了六四遇难者家属群体“天安门母亲”的负责人丁子霖的录音讲话。
丁子霖说：“21年前，他们动用军队杀害了渴求自由、民主与人权的一代人。21年来，他们继续靠警察和谎言堵住所有经历者、知情者的嘴，欺瞒80后、90后乃至此后一代又一代青少年。这是犯罪啊！这是对社会、对人民犯下的深重的罪孽！”
丁子霖还对全美学自联连续21年一如既往地举行纪念六四的活动表示了感谢。
共产主义受难者基金会主席爱德华兹博士也在集会上讲话。他说他们去年建立了“全球共产主义网上博物馆”后，至今已经有来自一百多个国家的8万多人次到访。他说他们正在实行一项新的计划：把“全球共产主义博物馆”送到美国的学校去：“我们要把网上的博物馆办到美国的公立学校、私立学校去，所以年轻人不仅知道共产党过去做了些什么，也知道现在他们在做什么。”
爱德华兹还说，受描述波兰2万多知识分子在二战时期被苏联军队集体屠杀的电影《卡廷惨案》的启发，他准备筹划拍摄一部有关“天安门事件”的影片，让世人不要忘记中国老百姓流下的鲜血。
在来自印度的藏人代表兰望登珠用藏语为自由中国祈祷后，全美学自联理事赖安智宣布第十届“自由精神奖”授予目前正在中国监狱中服刑的王炳章。赖安智在宣读颁奖词时说：“王炳章博士在近三十年推动中国民主的生涯中屡屡遭挫，但他百折不挠、坚定如一，在民主组织和理论上多次开风气之先，是名副其实的海外民运先驱。中共虽然可以禁锢他的身躯，但是禁锢不了他的精神和思想。”
王炳章在1982年创办了杂志《中国之春》，开海外民运之先。后来又创建了海外第一个民运组织“中国民主团结联盟”。2002年他在中越边境被捕，次年被以间谍罪等罪名判处终身监禁。他的女儿王天安代表父亲领奖。
大约有来自华盛顿各界的四五十人参加了这次纪念集会。王平告诉我说，他几乎每年都来参加这样的集会，因为心里总有段情过不去：“憋在心里难过。自古以来大家都说‘国家兴亡，匹夫有责’,而且知识分子尤其是学生永远走在改革也好，变革也好的前列。很难想象政府会出坦克，放机关枪来屠杀他们。就凭这个就过不去。”
人群中还有一位二十多岁的美国小伙子，他叫尼克。他一只手上拿着蜡烛，另一只手上拿着“释放刘晓波”的宣传画。他说，他到这里来就是为了不忘记六四那段历史，因为现在同样的事情还在中国，甚至别的国家发生：“我觉得世人不能认为六四事件已经过去就一笔勾销，因为天安门事件是如此可怕，它使得其他国家政府，比如缅甸政府竞相效仿，因为中国政府没有受到惩罚，甚至在新疆、西藏又做了同样的事情。所以我今天来是希望更多的人了解“六四”，这样同样的悲剧将不会再次发生。”
天色渐暗，人们点燃手中的蜡烛，唱起1989年为支持大陆学生民主运动由台湾艺人创作的歌曲《历史的伤口》。忧伤的歌声，环绕自由女神像，向华盛顿的夜空飘去……
自由亚洲电台申铧华盛顿报道。
原文连接：
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/6421-06052010120424.html
相关照片(黄慈萍摄)：
1. 纪念六四21周年：
2．烛光悼念：
3．艺术回顾：
4．共产主义受难者基金会主席爱德华兹博士在集会上讲话：
5．香港代表发言：
6．藏人代表发言：
7．王炳章之女王天安代父接受全美学自联第十届“自由精神奖”：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2010/newsletters2010-3/WangBZ100604award-c-4.jpg
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