Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A715-O200

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A715-O200

Release Date: June 3, 2012

发布日：2012年6月3日

Topic: IFCSS Holds Its 23rd Consecutive Annual Commemoration in Memory of the June 4 Massacre in 1989

标题：全美学自联坚持不懈，连续第23年举办纪念1989年6月4日大屠杀的烛光悼念活动

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IFCSS Holds Its 23rd Consecutive Annual Commemoration in Memory of the June 4 Massacre in 1989

On June 2, 2012, the Independent Federation of the Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS) held a candle light vigil at the Victims of Communism Memorial in Washington DC. This event was the 23rd consecutive year of commemoration of the June 4 Massacre in Beijing lead by the IFCSS since 1989. It was also cosponsored by the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, the Laogai Research Foundation, and the Federation of the Overseas Hong Kong Chinese in Washington, DC.

The memorial was attended by about 100 people and hosted by IFCSS council member YI Danxuan. It started with a moment of silence and opening remarks by Dr. LU Wenhe, the council chair of the IFCSS. Dr. Lu pointed out that the memorial service commemorates those compatriots who were brutally suppressed by the Chinese Communist regime when they strived for democracy and freedom in China. A special audio remark by Ding Ziling, a TianAnMen mother, was also broadcasted to the participants. She emphasized that the living environment of herself and other Tiananmen Mothers has not substantially changed. She pointed out that "the iron curtain is not torn, and the totalitarianism is still operating in a black box." She thanked participants of the commemoration for "refusing to forget", and defending the democratic spirit of 1989 movement.

Speeches were given by:

WEI Jingsheng, president of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation;

Lee Edwards, chair of the Victims of Communist Memorial Foundation;

Harry WU, president of the Laogai Research Foundation;

WU Ho-I, commission member of OCAD of Republic of China;

TAO Ye, the host for Tiananmen Mother website;

WANG Dan, a 1989 student leader;

YU Jie, a writer;

YANG Hsieh-Chun, Taiwanese community leader;

Edwin Fung, head of Federation of Overseas Hong Kong Chinese (DC);

HU Ping, chief editor of the Beijing Spring magazine.

During the commemoration, the IFCSS council member HUANG Ciping also announced the annual IFCSS "Spirit of Freedom Award" to the 62 years old Li WangYang, in Shaoyang city of Hunan Province. Mr. Li was the head of the independent workers' union of Shaoyang city in 1989 and an opposition leader. Thus he was sentenced twice by the Communist regime and stayed in jail for a collective of 21 years. Mr. Li was only released recently from jail with poor health due to the abuses he received in jail -- now he cannot walk, cannot read, cannot talk, and even needs to be fed by others.

The commemoration ended with all the participants singing the chorus: the Wound of the History.

Many news media reported and interviewed this event, including Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, and World Journal, etc.

The Voice of America reported this event with a full length of live video broadcast, which is available at:

http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20120601-VOA-LIVE-156447535.html

The Radio Free Asia report is available at:

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/64-06022012224056.html

The shorter video of this event is also available:

http://youtu.be/-XyDwPoeADU

Related photos:

1. IFCSS held a candle light vigil for the victims of June 4 Massacre in 1989:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2012/newsletters2012-2/IFCSS64candlevigil120602.JPG

2. Opening remarks by LU Wenhe:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2012/newsletters2012-2/LuWHopening120602IFCSS64memorial.JPG

3. The memorial was hosted by IFCSS council member YI Danxuan:

http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2012/newsletters2012-2/YiDXhosts120602IFCSS64memorial.JPG

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release Issue Number: A715-O200

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A715-O200

Release Date: June 3, 2012

发布日：2012年6月3日

Topic: IFCSS Holds Its 23rd Consecutive Annual Commemoration in Memory of the June 4 Massacre in 1989

标题：全美学自联坚持不懈，连续第23年举办纪念1989年6月4日大屠杀的烛光悼念活动

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全美学自联坚持不懈，连续第23年举办纪念1989年6月4日大屠杀的烛光悼念活动

2012年6月2日，中国学生学者自治联合会（全美学自联）在美国首都华盛顿的共产主义受害者纪念碑举行烛光悼念活动。这是1989年以来，全美学自联连续第23年在华盛顿举办的六四北京大屠杀的纪念活动。协办这次活动的还有：魏京生基金会，劳改基金会，及华盛顿特区的海外香港华人联合会。

近百人出席了这次由全美学自联理事易丹轩主持的纪念活动。活动以默哀一分钟开始。之后，由全美学自联理事会主席陆文禾博士致开场白。陆博士指出，纪念活动是为缅怀那些为争取中国民主、自由而被中国政府残酷镇压的同胞。集会还播出了天安门母亲丁子霖特意为本次活动录制的讲话。她强调，她本人及其它天安门母亲所生活的环境并没有任何实质性的改变，“铁幕并未被撕破、集权政治仍在黑箱中操作”。她感谢参与纪念活动的同胞“拒绝遗忘”，捍卫“八九”民主精神。

集会发言人有：

魏京生基金会主席魏京生；

共产主义受害者纪念基金会主席Lee Edwards;

劳改研究会会长吴宏达；

中华民国行政院侨委会委员巫和怡;

天安门母亲网站主持人陶业；

1989年的学生领袖王丹;

作家余杰;

台湾社区领袖杨贤俊;

华盛顿特区的海外香港华人联合会负责人Edwin Fung;

北京之春杂志主编胡平。

纪念活动中，全美学自联理事会成员黄慈萍还宣布，62岁的李旺阳为本年度全美学自联“自由精神奖”的获奖人。李旺阳为湖南省邵阳市人。李先生是1989年邵阳市的工自联主席及反对派的领导人。因此，他两次被中共判处徒刑，共入狱21年。李旺阳刚被释放不久。由于所遭受的极其残酷的虐待，李旺阳已完全不能行走，不能看东西，不能说话，连吃饭都要人喂。

参与者们以合唱“历史的伤口”结束了这次纪念活动。包括美国之音、自由亚洲电台、世界日报在内的许多新闻媒体报道并采访了这次活动。

美国之音的全程实况报道：

http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20120601-VOA-LIVE-156447535.html

自由亚洲电台的报道连接：

http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/Xinwen/64-06022012224056.html