Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A913-W594
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A913-W594
Release
Date: January 31, 2016
发布日：2016年1月31日
Topic:
Invitation to Attend the Second "Human Rights Without Borders"
Exhibition and the Second "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize
Award Ceremony in the US Congress
标题：邀请公众参加在美国国会举办的第二届“人权无国界展”暨第二届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼
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Invitation
to Attend the Second "Human Rights Without Borders" Exhibition and
the Second "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize Award Ceremony
in the US Congress
Place: in the Foyer of the Rayburn House
Office Building of the US Congress
Address: Independence Avenue and South
Capitol Street, Washington, DC 20003
Time: opening and award ceremony: 4:00pm -
6:00pm, Thursday, February 11, 2016
Exhibition: 9:00am - 7:00pm, Thursday,
February 11 & Friday, February 12, 2016
On
Thursday, February 11, 2016, the second "Human Rights Without
Borders" exhibition and the second ceremony awarding the "Human
Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation will be
held in the foyer of Rayburn House Office Building of the US Congress. These
events are co-sponsored by:
The Wei Jingsheng Foundation
The European Parliament Liaison Office
with the US Congress
Reporters Without Boarders
Freedom House
International Campaign for Tibet
IFCSS (Independent Federation of Chinese
Students and Scholars, USA)
This
time, the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize by the Wei
Jingsheng Foundation will be awarded to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
and Mr. Robert L. Bernstein, for their decades-long devotion and effort to
improve human rights and freedom all over the world, especially China.
Members
of the Congress, as well as the members of the human rights organizations, and
people who support and are interested of the progress of freedom, human rights
and democracy in the world will participate. All the events on that day will be open to the general
public.
The
leaders of the human rights organizations who will present and speak at the exhibition
opening and award ceremony on Thursday, February 11, include:
Wei Jingsheng, President of the Wei
Jingsheng Foundation
Antoine Ripoll, head of the European
Parliament Liaison Office with the US Congress
Matteo Mecacci, President of the
International Campaign for Tibet
Delphine Halgand, Director of Reporters
Without Borders, USA
Sarah Cook, Senior Research Analyst for
East Asia, Freedom House
Carl Gershman, President of the National
Endowment for Democracy
A
reception with hors d'oeuvre and drinks will be served from 4pm to 7pm
The
Exhibition and materials distributed this year will feature:
the human rights issues in Tibet,
the Umbrella Movement and the downward trend of freedom in Hong Kong,
and
recent detentions of hundreds of human rights activists and lawyers in
China,
as
well as the European Parliament's 25th anniversary of the Sakharov Prize and
its Laureates, and its efforts on human rights, equality, freedom, and
democracy; and materials related to the 75th anniversary of the Freedom House,
as well as its recently published report of Freedom of the World in 2015.
In
addition, there will be an Asia Democracy Alliance seminar from 1:30pm to
3:30pm on February 11th in Rayburn 2103 (across from the Rayburn foyer). Asian Community leaders and activists
as well as experts on Asia will give talks about the current situation in
Asia. This seminar is also a
celebration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of this alliance.
For
those of you who would like to join us and express your support for democracy
and human rights at these events, please inform us of your attendance. We also welcome your statements on the
subject.
For
the news media who are interested in interviews or more detail, please contact
us at: HCP@WeiJingSheng.org and HCP0411WJS@aol.com or call: 1-202-270-6980.
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中文版
Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A913-W594
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A913-W594
Release
Date: January 31, 2016
发布日：2016年1月31日
Topic:
Invitation to Attend the Second "Human Rights Without Borders"
Exhibition and the Second "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize
Award Ceremony in the US Congress
标题：邀请公众参加在美国国会举办的第二届“人权无国界展”暨第二届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼
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邀请公众参加在美国国会举办的第二届“人权无国界展”暨第二届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼
地点：美国国会众议院雷伯恩办公大楼的大堂（即正门休息大厅，在面对Independence大道安检区的楼上）
地址：Independence Avenue and South Capitol Street,
Washington, DC 20003
开幕式和颁奖典礼时间：2016年2月11日（周四），下午四时至六时
展览时间：2016年2月11日（周四）至2月12日（周五），上午九点至下午七点
亚洲民主联盟研讨会时间：2016年2月11日（周四）下午一点半至三点半（雷伯恩大楼2103室）
2016年2月11日（周四），第二届“人权无国界展”开幕式暨魏京生基金会的第二届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼将在美国国会众议院雷伯恩办公大楼的大堂里举行。这些活动由魏京生基金会主办，由欧洲议会驻美国国会办公室、记者无疆界、自由之家、国际声援西藏运动、及全美学自联（中国学生学者自治联合会）共同举办。
本届魏京生基金会“人权自由卫士奖”将颁发给美国众议院民主党领袖南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)女士和鲍勃·伯恩斯坦(Robert Bernstein)先生，以表彰他们几十年来为改善世界各地尤其是中国的人权和自由所做的奉献和努力。
届时将有美国国会议员及支持世界自由、人权和民主的个人及人权组织参加。全天的活动都将对公众开放。
参加2月11日（周四）的展览开幕式和颁奖仪式并发言的人权组织的领袖们包括：
魏京生基金会主席：魏京生，
欧洲议会驻美国国会办公室主任：安托·万瑞珀尔（Antoine Ripoll），
国际声援西藏运动主席：玛窦·迈卡西（Matteo Mecacci），
记者无疆界美国部主任：德尔菲娜·哈尔干德（Delphine Halgand），
自由之家资深东亚研究分析师：萨拉·库克（Sarah Cook），
美国国家民主基金会主席：卡尔·格许曼（Carl Gershman）；等。
展览开幕及颁奖开始的下午四点至晚上七时，有开胃菜和饮料的招待会当场同步举行。
今年的展览内容及分发的材料将包括：
西藏的人权问题，
香港的雨伞运动及其日益下降的自由指数，及
近期来数百名中国维权人士和律师的被拘留；
以及欧洲议会有关萨哈罗夫奖25周年庆祝及其获奖者们的资料，及其推动人权、平等、自由和民主的努力和工作的介绍;以及自由之家成立75周年庆祝，及有关其最近公布的2015年度世界自由评价的材料。
此外，2月11日下午1:30到下午3:30，在美国国会众议院雷伯恩办公大楼大堂对面的2103房间，亚洲民主联盟将举办一场亚洲民主研讨会及该联盟成立十周年的庆祝活动。亚裔社区领袖和活动家以及亚洲问题专家们将报告和讨论亚洲局势。
愿意参加我们的活动，并表达对民主和人权的支持的朋友，请通知我们你的参与计划。我们也欢迎您相关的意见与看法。
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