Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A590-W358
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A590-W358
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Date: December 5, 2010
发布日：2010年12月5日
Topic:
Wei Jingsheng Foundation Seventh Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy
Champion Prize" Award Announcement
标题：魏京生基金会第七届 "魏京生中国民主斗士奖"颁发公告
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The
Wei Jingsheng Foundation Announces the Seventh Annual "Wei Jingsheng
Chinese Democracy Champion Prize" Award
December
5, 2010
Since
2004, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation has awarded the "Wei Jingsheng Chinese
Democracy Champion Prize" every year on December 5th. In the last six years the awarding of
this prize has had reverberations around the world. Those persisting in the fight in China, who are at any
moment in life-threatening danger, have been thus encouraged and consoled.
As
can be expected, those who nominate a candidate believe the person they have
nominated has made a great contribution to the cause of Chinese Democracy. Nominating someone is in and of itself
a way to commend all champions of democracy, including those unknown, untiring
democracy heroes who do not concern themselves with fame and fortune. We have great respect for their
strength of spirit and the sacrifices they have made. As in the past 6 years, this year's award gives greatest
consideration to those individuals and groups who have persisted in their work
on the domestic democracy movement inside China.
As
the Chinese Communist dictatorship has ruled and enslaved the Chinese people
for six decades now, the Chinese people are increasingly awakening. On the one hand, the tyranny of the CCP
has intensified; on the other hand, the courage and behavior of the people
against tyranny are also increasing.
The inhuman repression has made some people give in, some finally to
join interest groups of the Communist Party, and some even to hunt the others
despite themselves being the victims of the werewolves. Yet, more people have kept their
conscience and made personal and family sacrifices for the interests of the
Chinese people. Facing imprisonment
and suppression, they did not yield, did not compromise. They maintained their ideology,
receiving respect and trust from their own comrades and the people. This courage is in sharp contrast to
those shameless ones who flatter the Communist authority in seeking a
relaxation from the regime, even secretly cooperate with the regime in an
effort to seek fame and fortune.
Here,
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion
Prize" Judging Committee announces this year's prize to be awarded to just
such a brave fighter -- Mr. Xu Wanping, who is serving a 12-year sentence in
prison. His indomitable actions
and tenacious will show character we can all learn from.
Xu
Wanping, from Chongqing of Sichuan Province, was born on April 11, 1961. Because of his participation in the
1989 democracy movement and establishing the "Chinese Action Party,"
in 1990 he was sentenced to 8 years with 5 years of deprived political rights for
the criminal charges of "counter-revolutionary propaganda and
incitement" and "organizing counter-revolutionary groups". After he was released in 1997, he was
arrested again due to his effort to build the "Chinese Democratic
Party" and sent to 3 years "Re-education through Labor"
camp. After Xu Wanping was
released from that camp, he still held his beliefs and continued to organize
and participate in democracy and freedom activities for the Chinese
people. He tried to organize the
labor movement, and wrote pro-democracy articles. He was arrested again in April 2005 and was sentenced on
December 21 of that year to 12 years with 4 years of deprivation of political
rights under the charges of "subversion of state power".
For
more details about this democracy champion, please read the prize dedication by
Ms. HUANG Ciping: "I shall leave my heart to shine in the history."
This
year's recognition of Mr. Xu Wanping is also a recognition of all the brave
fighters against the inhuman tyranny of the Chinese Communist Party. It shows our respect to these witnesses
of the brutality of the Communist tyranny. These people include the indomitable and tortured Gao
Zhisheng, Guo Feixiong, and Yan Zhengxue.
Not only will these people never get any "preferential treatment in
prison"; but they also received continued persecution even when they were
outside of the prison. There are
also people who suffered so much persecution and abuse that it led to illness
and dying, such as Li Hong and Yu Dongyue, et al. There are many prisoners of conscience subject to
persecution by serving long sentences, such as Yang Tianshui (served 12 years,
with a total sentence of 22 years), Hu Shigen (sentenced to 20 years, served 16
years), Yu Dongyue (sentenced to 20 years, served 16.5 years), Liu Jingsheng
(sentenced to 15 years, served 12.5 years), Hada (served 15 years), Hu Mingjun
(sentenced to 11 years), Wang Sen (sentenced to 10 years), Qin Yongmin (served
a total of 22 years), Liu Xianbin (total sentence of 12 years), Wu Yilong
(serving 11 years), etc. They are
all outstanding representatives of human rights and the democracy movement
advocators in China, thus receiving even more suppression and abuse by the
Chinese Communist regime.
In
the prisons of the Chinese Communist regime, not only are there these
well-known comrades who suffer much physical and mental violence and abuse, but
there are also many more political prisoners and people persecuted because of
religious beliefs. These people
will not hypocritically praise the "human rights progress of the Chinese
Communists". Examples are Mr.
Zhao Lianhai who was just sent to prison because he advocated for tens of
millions of "kidney stone babies" due to tainted milk; the state
cadre who received a life sentence because he sympathized with and helped North
Korean refugees and defectors; Tibetans imprisoned because they had a photo of
their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama; petitioners whose rights were violated;
people who suffered religious persecution as underground Christian church
members and Falun Gong practitioners; and so on.
We
are here to honor Xu Wanping, in recognition of his unyielding courage, but
also in recognition of tens thousands of outstanding people that he
represents. They are good role
models for us all.
This
year's award money donated by individuals totaled $2000. Those who donated money are donating
their passion and belief in Chinese democracy. For this passion we want to express our deepest gratitude. In addition we also want to express our
appreciation to all those people who recommended nominees for our Seventh
Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize." We thank all of you for your support
and encouragement.
Wei
Jingsheng Foundation "Wei Jingsheng Democracy Champion Prize" Judging
Committee:
Huang
Ciping, Chen Xingyu, Liu Jijie, Chen Bangzheng (signed)
For
more details about this year's awards, please refer to our prize dedication:
http://www.weijingsheng.org/report/report2010/report2010-12/WJSF7thPrize101205dedicationA591-W359.htm
For
further information and detail, visit our website at: www.weijingsheng.org
or
contact us at HCP@weijingsheng.org or HCP0411WJS@aol.com or call
1-202-543-1538.
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Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A590-W358
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A590-W358
Release
Date: December 5, 2010
发布日：2010年12月5日
Topic:
Wei Jingsheng Foundation Seventh Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy
Champion Prize" Award Announcement
标题：魏京生基金会第七届 "魏京生中国民主斗士奖"颁发公告
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魏京生基金会第七届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”颁发公告
自2004年以来，每年12月5日魏京生基金会都会颁发“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”。过去六年的颁奖在世界范围引起了很大的反响。对于正在中国坚持奋斗、随时都有生命危险的人们，是很大的鼓励与支持。
毫无疑义，被提名人为中国的民主和自由做出了卓越的贡献。提名本身是对所有民主斗士，包括那些默默无闻、坚持不懈、不计名利的勇士们的精神和所做的牺牲的赞扬。和往年一样，今年的获奖者以在中国国内坚持民主运动的人和团体为主。
在中共专制统治和奴役中国人民六十年的今天，中国人民也越来越觉醒。一方面，是中共的暴政愈演愈烈；另一方面，人民反抗暴政的勇气和行为也与日俱增。在非人的镇压下，一些人屈服了，另一些人加入到中共的利益集团里，更有人甚至为虎作伥。但更多的人良知并没有泯灭，他们牺牲个人和家庭，为了中国人民的利益。面对囚禁与打压，他们没有屈服，没有妥协。他们坚持理念，得到了同道们和广大人民的尊敬和信赖。这和那些对专制当局献媚以求解脱，甚至暗中合作谋取名利的无耻之徒形成了鲜明的对照。
在此，魏京生基金会“魏京生中国民主斗士奖评委会”宣布：今年的“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”颁发给这样一位勇敢的斗士--正在监狱里服12年徒刑的许万平先生。他的不屈不饶和顽强意志，是我们大家学习的榜样。
许万平，四川重庆人，1961年4月11日出生。他于1990年因参与1989年的民主运动及筹建“中国行动党”，被以“反革命宣传煽动罪”及“组织反革命集团罪”的罪名，执行有期徒刑八年，剥夺政治权利五年。1997年刑满出狱后，他在筹建“中国民主党”期间再次被捕，于1998年10月被送劳教3年。出狱后的许万平依然坚持理念和信仰，继续组织和参与为中国人民争取民主和自由的活动，组织工人运动，撰写民运文章。他于2005年4月再次被捕，并于同年12月21日在四川重庆以“颠覆国家政权罪”被判处有期徒刑十二年，剥夺政治权利四年。
有关许万平事迹的更多细节，请参见黄慈萍女士的相关颁奖辞：《留取丹心照汗青》。
今年对许万平先生的表彰，也是对所有在中共非人暴政下英勇无畏的斗士们的表彰，是对这些中共人权迫害、越演越烈的见证人们表达的一个敬意。他们包括不屈不饶而受尽酷刑的高智晟、郭飞雄、严正学等。这些人不仅在狱中得不到中共的优待；就是在狱外也继续遭受迫害。甚至还有被虐待成疾，奄奄一息的力虹、喻东岳等人。受中共迫害服长刑期的如杨天水（12年，总刑期22年）、胡石根（判刑20年，服刑16年）、喻东岳（判刑20年，服刑16年半，被迫害成病）、刘京生（判刑15年，服刑12年半）、哈达（服刑15年）、胡明君（刑期11年）、王森（刑期10年）、秦永敏（共服刑22年）、刘贤斌（共服刑12年）、吴义龙（服刑11年）等，都是中国人权和民运的杰出代表，也因此才遭受中共的打压和虐待。
在中共的监狱里，不仅仅有这些我们熟知的同道身心倍受摧残，还有更多的政治犯和因宗教信仰受迫害者，没有人虚伪地歌颂中共的人权进步。例如为了数千万结石宝宝而呼吁的赵连海先生；还如同情、帮助脱北者因而被判无期徒刑的国家干部某某；因为有一张达赖喇嘛的照片而被囚禁的藏人；讼诉无门的上访者；和遭受宗教迫害的基督教地下教会成员以及法轮功学员，等等。
我们在此表彰许万平，表彰他的勇敢不屈，也表彰他所代表的成千上万的优秀人物。他们是我们大家的楷模。
这次汇集的奖金总额是2000美元。捐款的人们捐出的是他们对中国民主的热情和信念，在此我们表示衷心感谢。此外，我们也向第七届“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”参与提名的所有朋友们表示谢意。感谢您们的支持和鼓励。
魏京生基金会“魏京生中国民主斗士奖”评委会
黄慈萍，陈兴宇，刘继杰，陈邦铮（签署）
2010年12月5日
有关细节请参看颁奖词：
http://www.weijingsheng.org/report/report2010/report2010-12/WJSF7thPrize101205dedicationA591-W359.htm
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