Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1158-W787
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1158-W787
Release
Date: December 2, 2018
发布日：2018年12月2日
Topic:
Invitation to Attend the 4th "Human Rights Without Borders"
Exhibition and the 4th "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize
Award Ceremony in the US Congress on December 10, 2018
标题：邀请公众参加2018年12月10日（人权日）在美国国会举办的第四届“人权无国界展”暨第四届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼
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Invitation
to Attend the 4th "Human Rights Without Borders" Exhibition and the
4th "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize Award Ceremony in the
US Congress
You
are coordinately invited to attend:
The
4th "Human Rights Without Borders" Exhibition and Award Ceremony for
the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" on Human Rights Day, December
10, 2018 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: the ceremony celebrates human rights:
4:30pm-7:00pm, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018
The Award to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur:
5:30pm, on Monday, Dec. 10, 2018
On
December 10, 2018, Human Rights Day, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, the European
Parliament Office in Washington DC, and other human rights organizations will
join together to hold the 4th "Human Rights Without Borders"
exhibition and award ceremony for the "Human Rights and Freedom
Defender" from 4:30pm to 7:00pm.
As this year's awardee, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur will be presented
with the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" award.
Featured
speakers include:
Mr. WEI Jingsheng, President of the Wei
Jingsheng Foundation
Mr. Antoine Ripoll, head of the European
Parliament Office in Washington DC
Mr. Carl Gershman, President of the
National Endowment for Democracy
Mr.
Ilshat Hassan, President of the Uyghur American Association
Mr. Ngawang Tharchin,
President of the Tibetan Youth Congress (NY & NJ)
Dr. Quan Nguyen, president of The
International Committee to Support the Non-Violent Movement for Human Rights in
Vietnam,
Etc.
Featured
exhibition contents include:
Sakharov 30 Magnum photos by the European
Parliament
Democracy Wall 40 Years Ago in China by
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation
Portraits of human rights defenders by
artist Tom Block
The
Award ceremony for Rep. Marcy Kaptur will be 5:30pm
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A reception with hors d'oeuvre and drinks will be served from 4:30pm to 6:30pm
Please
let us know if you could attend, and/or if you need more detail, by contacting
us at: HCP0411WJS@aol.com or HCP@WeiJingSheng.org or text/call: 1-202-270-6980.
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Also on December 10, 2018 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm, there will be a conference in
observance of the 40th Anniversary of the Democracy Wall in Rayburn's gold room
(room #2168). The most well known
feature of the Democracy Wall in China was the publication of "the Fifth
Modernization - Democracy" penned and posted by Wei Jingsheng on December
5, 1978. Featured speakers at the
conference include then Chinese democracy leaders WEI Jingsheng, YAN Jiaqi,
WANG Juntao, and famous poet HUANG Xiang, etc. as well as Sino-experts who
witnessed and participated at the time including Ms. Marie Holzman (France),
Robert Suettinger (USA), Professor Yeau-tarn Lee (Taiwan), Dr. Thomas Weyrauch
(Germany), Dimon Liu (Hong Kong), etc.
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About
the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize by the Wei Jingsheng
Foundation
The
"Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize was a decision reached by
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation during its board meeting in March 2012 in
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Mr.
Wei Jingsheng's long-time desire is to express gratitude to those people who
have been supporting Chinese freedom and human rights. It was initiated by board member, Dr.
Jonathan X. Chen, who contributed directly his well known popular calligraphy
at the base of the prize trophy: "Democracy, Freedom, Human Rights,
Equality."
As
Wei Jingsheng expressed, "I have received so many prizes for our Chinese's
effort of democracy and human rights, yet we have not expressed enough our
appreciation of the importance of the people who continuously support us from
their hearts and moral stand despite all the difficulty." The Wei Jingsheng Foundation wishes
through this effort to show its appreciation to the international society and
supporters.
The
trophy of the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" prize is a copy of
the artwork designed by the famous sculptor Mr. Mario Chiodo, who designed the
largest cast bronze representational sculpture west of the Mississippi in the
USA called "Remember Them -- The Champions for Humanity." In this sculpture group there is a
quotation from Wei Jingsheng: "We all dream of freedom in the same
way."
This
time, the 4th "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize by the Wei
Jingsheng Foundation will be awarded to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the longest
serving female representative in the US House, for her decades long
anti-Communist stand, as well as her will and action for human rights and
freedom in the world. The first
"Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize was awarded in September
2014 to former Congressman Frank Wolf, a life-long champion for freedom and
human rights. The second was
awarded in February 2016 to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Robert
L. Bernstein, founder of Human Rights Watch, both lifelong champions for
freedom and human rights as well.
The third was awarded in July 2017 to Congressman Christopher Smith, for
his decades-long devotion and effort to improve human rights and freedom all
over the world, especially China.
Related
photo: The trophy of the "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" prize by
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2016/newsletters2016-1/WJSFaward1602trophy-r-c-4.jpg
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中文版
Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1158-W787
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1158-W787
Release
Date: December 2, 2018
发布日：2018年12月2日
Topic:
Invitation to Attend the 4th "Human Rights Without Borders"
Exhibition and the 4th "Human Rights and Freedom Defender" Prize
Award Ceremony in the US Congress on December 10, 2018
标题：邀请公众参加2018年12月10日（人权日）在美国国会举办的第四届“人权无国界展”暨第四届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼
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邀请公众参加2018年12月10日人权日在美国国会举办的第四届“人权无国界展”暨第四届“人权自由卫士奖”颁奖典礼
地点：美国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
人权庆祝典礼的时间：2018年12月10日（周一），下午四点半至七点
给国会议员Marcy Kaptur颁奖的时间：2018年12月10日（周一），下午五点半
2018年12月10日（周一）下午，正值人权日，第四届“人权无国界展”暨第四届“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（即正门休息大厅，在面对Independence大道安检区的楼上）举行，并向在美国众议院服务时间最长的反共并支持人权的女议员Marcy
Kaptur颁发第四届“人权自由卫士奖”。
演讲者包括：
魏京生基金会主席：魏京生
欧洲议会驻美办公室主任：安托恩·瑞珀利(Antoine Ripoll)
美国民主基金会主席：卡尔·格许曼（Carl Gershman）
美国维吾尔协会主席：伊利夏提（Ilshat Hassan）
西藏青年大会（纽约和新泽西州）主席：Ngawang Tharchin
支持越南人权非暴力运动国际委员会主席：Dr. Quan Nguyen
等等。
本次“人权无国界展”的主要内容为：
欧洲议会：纪念萨哈罗夫奖30周年图片展
魏京生基金会：民主墙40周年纪念展
艺术家汤姆布洛克：人权捍卫者肖像
众议员Marcy Kaptur的颁奖仪式将于下午4:30举行
*2018年12月10日周一下午4点半至晚上7点的仪式同时，还有开胃菜和饮料招待大家。
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。我们也愿听取您相关的意见与看法。如果您打算参加我们的活动，请在2018年12月7日之前回复HCP0411WJS@aol.com，告知我们你的姓名及联络方式。
有兴趣了解更多细节或欲采访报道的新闻媒体，也请与我们联系。电邮：HCP@WeiJingSheng.org和HCP0411WJS@aol.com或致电：1-202-270-6980。
*又：在2018年12月10日下午1:00pm至4:00pm，将在同一大楼Rayburn的同一楼层的金房（2168号房间）召开纪念民主墙40周年研讨会。由1978年12月5日发表"第五次现代化--民主"的作者魏京生致开场白，其他出席并演讲的民主墙时期的领袖还有：严家祺、王军涛，及著名诗人黄翔；以及港台及海外的目击并参与的中国学者专家如侯芷明Marie
Holzman女士（法国）， Robert Suettinger先生（美国），李酉谭教授（台湾），Thomas Weyrauch博士（德国），廖大文女士（香港）等
。也欢迎大家参加。
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关于魏京生基金会的“人权自由卫士奖”
设立“人权自由卫士奖”是魏京生基金会在其2012年3月在美国弗吉尼亚州威廉斯堡举行的董事会议上所作的决定。魏京生先生多年来希望能感谢那些支持中国的自由和人权的国际朋友。这个决定是由董事会成员陈兴宇博士提议的。以书法闻名的陈博士还亲自为奖杯底座的"民主、自由、人权、平等"题词。
如同魏京生先生所表示的：“我已经得到了这么多支持我们中国的民主和人权事业的奖项，但我们并未能对那些不断以他们的道义和热心、克服重重困难来支持我们的人们表示足够的敬意。”魏京生基金会希望通过这一奖项来感谢国际社会和这些人物对我们的支持。
“人权自由卫士奖”的奖品是美国著名雕塑家马里奥·奇奥多(Mario Chiodo)的作品。奇奥多先生以创造了美国密西西比河以西最大的青铜铸造的雕塑群而闻名。在这组《记住他们--世界人道领袖们》的群雕中刻有魏京生的一段文字："我们以同样的方式梦想自由（WE
ALL DREAM OF FREEDOM IN THE SAME WAY）"
本届魏京生基金会“人权自由卫士奖”将颁发给反共且毕生致力于改善世界自由与人权的、在美国众议院服务期最长的女议员Marcy Kaptur。2014年9月，多年致力于自由与人权进步的美国国会前议员弗兰克·沃尔夫（Frank Wolf）为首届“人权自由卫士奖”的得主。2016年2月，第二届“人权自由卫士奖”的共同得主为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。2017年7月，第三届“人权自由卫士奖”的得主为美国国会众议员克里斯托弗·史密斯(Christopher
Smith)先生。他们几十年来都为改善世界各地尤其是中国的人权和自由作了奉献和努力。
相关图片：魏京生基金会“人权自由卫士奖”的奖品：
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