Wei Jingsheng
Foundation News and Article: A1297-W912
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1297-W912
Release Date:
June 5, 2020
发布日：2020年6月5日
Topic: 50
Groups from All Over the World Gathered Online to Commemorate the June 4th
Massacre and Look Forward to the Democratization progress in China (Voice of
America report)
标题：全球50个团体线上聚首， 追忆六四，展望中国民主化进程（美国之音报道）
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50 Groups from
All Over the World Gathered Online to Commemorate the June 4th Massacre and
Look Forward to the Democratization progress in China
-- by Yu Zhou, Voice of America
June 5, 2020
06:38
Los Angeles -
On the morning
of June 4th, Beijing time, about 50 democratic advocacy organizations around
the world held online commemorative activities, not only to commemorate the
31st anniversary of June 4th Massacre in Beijing in 1989, but also to look
forward to the opportunities encountered for democratization in China.
Hundreds of
people participated in this global Internet conference. Participants believed that the crisis of
"one country, two systems" in Hong Kong, the out of control new
coronavirus, and the U.S.-China trade war exposing the Chinese Communist
regime's infiltration of the West are leading to 2020 becoming a turning point
in China's democratic process.
Xiong Yan, a
former US military priest, said in the prayer for the conference: "Pray
for people who are pursuing freedom, and may God bless them, help them, support
them...please ask God to pity us, stop chaos, and bring us peace... "
US Congressman
Chris Smith, who has long criticized the human rights situation in the People's
Republic of China, delivered a speech at the conference, stating, "After
the June 4th Massacre, the West behaved weakly. It shows that if you show weakness and prostrate
to the autocracy, they become even worse... we will remember those souls who died of
injustice, and we will also remember those who survived the prison and were
persecuted for life... The Chinese
Communist regime has denied the massacre in Tiananmen Square until
today... I believe that both parties
in the United States thought that the Communist regime would change from a
brutal authoritarian regime to a benevolent political party as long as they
strengthened trade with China.
However, this expectation did not become a reality. Nowadays, Xi Jinping inherits the
tradition of the June 4 Massacre on Tiananment every
day. Martyrs of June 4 pointed out
a way, yet it is a pity that the Communist regime chose another way. Whether it's the crisis in Hong Kong,
the plight of the Uyghurs, or the suppression of
religious freedom, and the uncontrolled spread of the new coronavirus, they are
all the work of the Chinese Communist regime. What a heroic action for you hold this
conference tonight. We will give
you the glory of a brand new China..."
US Senator
Marco Antonio Rubio also delivered a speech at the conference:
"Remembering history is important.
We want to let future generations know what had happened in the
Tiananmen Square and let people know its importance. Fast forward from 1989 to Today in 2020,
the Communist regime is depriving Hong Kong of its freedom and trying to
cannibalize the values ??of the free world. We will not tolerate this."
In addition,
Rubio, as the co-chairman of CECC (Congressional-Executive Commission on China) and the CECC
chairman, Representative McGovern, also issued a statement during the
conference. Their statement stated that 31 years ago, "the Chinese Communist Party
dispersed these peaceful protesters by using military force in Tiananmen
Square, crushing their peaceful demands for rights and reform... We call on the government of the
People's Republic of China (PRC) to provide a full public accounting of those
killed and missing, and to allow open discussion and study of the events
surrounding June 4, 1989. "
The statement
also included that the United States strongly supports all prisoners of
conscience and calls for their unconditional release; the United States
supports Tibet, Uyghurs, Hong Kong, Chinese lawyers
who seek justice, and religious groups pursuing freedom of faith.
David Kilgour,
a former Canadian cabinet member and democracy activist who is concerned about
human rights in China, said: "It is well known that
31 years ago, the Chinese Communist government used tanks to crush the longest
contemporary democratic protest in China, which had a profound impact on China
and the world... We must remember
the bloody pictures of that year, and use these as a driving force to promote
Chinese democracy and human rights into a new era, allowing everyone, including
Falun Gong practitioners, Xinjiang Uyghurs, and Hong
Kong people, etc. to get rid of the control by Xi Jinping who is making a
'Great Leap Backwards'."
Participants
of the conference expressed their views around 1989 from various fields such as
history, religion, and human rights.
A statement
issued by Wei Jingsheng, president of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation and chairman
of the Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition, said: "
Over the past 31 years, the situation in China has changed a lot. The economy has developed, per capita
income has increased, and a small number of people have become wealthy. Many friends who return to China find
that people around them are satisfied because they are rich. They don't care about democracy and
freedom, and even support the Chinese Communist Party. This situation has made many feel that
the blood of the martyrs of June 4th Massacre had been wasted and they have
lost confidence in Chinese democracy and even the Chinese people. Is that true?...
Even people who already have money still need legal protection, human dignity
and personal freedom... these
ideals are everyone's immediate interest.
Even after one hundred years, even one thousand years, human nature
determines that these ideals will continue to be pursued from generation to
generation, and will be realized eventually..."
Pastor Bob Fu
of ChinaAid, said: "31 years ago, I sat with
tens of thousands of students and people in Tiananmen Square to protest
peacefully, calling for more democracy and freedom, and respect for human
rights and the rule of law. But the
Communist regime deployed tanks and used machine guns to suppress us, killing
hundreds and thousands of students and the masses... As we continue to commemorate the June 4
Massacre of 1989, I call on all of us to continue to fight for freedom. This is the universal value of the
world. The Mainland Chinese, people
of Hong Kong, Xinjiang people, Tibetans, and people of various religions, and
even atheists deserve freeom... The Communist regime in China is a
regime of lies that has lost all its credibility. "
Journalist,
writer, poet, and vice-chair of the Federation for a Democratic China, Sheng Xue expressed her sorrow and hope with a poem: "The
right to commemorate June 4th was deprived, and justice could not be carried
out; Xinjiang concentration camps and organ harvesting of the Falun Gong
practitioners, once were all ignored by the world; However, when the Communist
regime violates Hong Kong, the people there fought with their lives and woke up
the international community..."
Economist Xia Yeliang said, "Those who experienced the 1989
democracy movement are getting older.
We should seize the time and take the establishment of the June 4th
Museum as a top priority. We can
consider relocating the small museum that is already in Hong Kong to Taiwan or
the United States. We need to work
hard In order to collect all kinds of materials from the June 4th tragedy. I myself am willing to participate in
it. Mr. Wu Renhua
has been conducting systematic research and has achieved excellent results,
especially the investigation and understanding of the Tiananmen Tank
Forces. The 'Tiananmen Mothers' has
also done a lot of work after extensive and difficult searching and
contacts. These are examples that
we can follow."
Michael
Horowitz, legal director of the Budget Office of the White House under
President Reagan and president of the 21st Century Initiative, said
enthusiastically: "People have always believed that history is one step at
a time, with the last step to be success.
But it's not right. History
was created by those of you who have been crying out but always feel that no
one has heard, and therefore feel lonely.
As long as you keep the candle flashing the flame, there will be a day
when everything will suddenly become an inevitable fact. The former Soviet Union fell down like
this, and almost all revolutions produced results in this way. When everything happened, the pushers
were people like you. President
Reagan once said, we looked as weak, divisive, trivial, while totalitarian
looks unified, powerful, and invincible, but don't be fooled by such
appearances... Democracy is
powerful, and dictatorship is weak despite its strong look outside..."
Horowitz said
that on May 27th a few days ago, US Secretary of State Pompeo
issued a statement saying that the United States will not tolerate any
government blockade of the Internet, and the United States will strive to
protect online freedom at all times.
This shows that the liberation of the Internet in China and other
countries has become the national policy of the United States; this is the
result of everyone working together for ten years; the firewall is about to be
overthrown; the speed and intensity of all these efforts will far exceed our imagination.
Chen Liqun, vice chairman of the China Democracy Party National
Committee, and Chen Weiming, chairman of the China
Democracy Party in Los Angeles, were also invited to give speeches at the
conference.
The
"Global Conference Commemorating the 31st Anniversary of the Tiananmen
Massacre" was co-sponsored by the June 4th Archives, China Aid
Association, China Democracy & Human Rights Alliance, Democratic Education
Foundation, China Democracy Party National Committee, Federation for Democratic
China in the USA, Liberty Sculpture Park, and the Wei Jingsheng Foundation.
Political
activists, human rights activists, democracy activists and anti-Communist
volunteers from the United States, Canada, France, Finland, Australia and other
places attended the conference.
Link to the
original VOA report:
https://www.voachinese.com/a/global-online-memorial-of-june-4th-20200604/5449683.html
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Wei Jingsheng
Foundation News and Article: A1297-W912
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1297-W912
Release Date:
June 5, 2020
发布日：2020年6月5日
Topic: 50
Groups from All Over the World Gathered Online to Commemorate the June 4th
Massacre and Look Forward to the Democratization progress in China (Voice of
America report)
标题：全球50个团体线上聚首， 追忆六四，展望中国民主化进程（美国之音报道）
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全球50个团体线上聚首， 追忆六四，展望中国民主化进程
-- 美国之音雨舟报道
2020年6月5日 06:38
洛杉矶 -
北京时间六月四日早晨，全球大约五十个倡导民主的组织举行线上纪念活动，不仅追忆六四31周年，更是展望中国民主化进程所遇到的契机。
数百人参加了本次全球网络会议。与会者认为，香港一国两制危机、新冠病毒失控，加上美中贸易战暴露出中共对西方的渗透，2020年正在成为中国民主进程的转折点。
曾担任美军牧师的熊焱在为大会做的祷告中说："为追求自由的人们祈祷，愿上帝祝福他们、帮助他们、支持他们......请求上帝怜悯我们，制止混乱，带给我们和平......"
长期对中华人民共和国人权现状予以严厉批评的美国联邦众议员史密斯(Chris Smith)在会上发表演说指出，"六四以后，西方表现软弱。这显示，如果你向专制示弱和叩头，他们只会更加恶劣......我们会记住那些冤魂，我们也会记住那些经受了牢狱之灾、出生入死历经迫害的、活着的人......中共直到今天都在否认天安门发生的屠杀......我相信，美国两党都以为，只要跟中国加强通商，中共就会从一个残暴的专制政权改变为仁慈的政党，但是，这样的期盼没有成为现实。如今，习近平每天都在继承六四天安门传统。烈士们指出了道路，遗憾的是，中共选择了另一条门路。无论是香港危机、维吾尔人的困境，还是宗教自由被钳制、新冠病毒的失控传播，都是中共手里的作品。你们今晚举办这次会议，是何等英雄的举动，我们将把一个全新的中国诞生的荣耀归于你们......"
美国联邦参议员鲁比奥(Marco Antonio Rubio)也在大会上发表了演说："记住历史至关重要。我们要让后代们知道天安门事件，让人们知道其重要性。从1989年快进到今天的2020年，中共正在剥夺香港的自由，也试图蚕食自由世界的价值观，我们不能容忍这些。"
此外，鲁比奥作为美国国会及行政当局中国委员会联合主席，与该委员会主席麦戈文众议员，也为这次会议发表声明。他们的声明指出，三十一年前，"中国共产党在天安门广场使用军事力量来对付和平示威者，粉碎了他们对权利和改革的和平请求......我们呼吁，中华人民共和国政府对死者和失踪者进行全面，公开的统计，并允许就1989年6月4日前后发生的事件进行公开讨论和研究。"
该声明还称，美国坚定支持所有良心犯，并呼吁对他们进行无条件释放；美国支持西藏，支持维吾尔人，支持香港，支持中国追求公正的律师，以及追求信仰自由的宗教团体。
关注中国人权的加拿大前内阁成员、民主运动活动人士大卫·基尔戈(David Kilgour)说："众所周知，31年前，中共政府用坦克碾压了中国当代最长的民主抗议。那个结果对中国、对世界都产生了深刻的影响......我们要记住当年的血腥画面，并以此为动力，推动中国民主和人权进入新时代，让所有人，包括法轮功学员、新疆维吾尔人、香港人等等，摆脱正在'大跃退'的习近平的控制。"
与会者从历史、宗教、人权等各领域围绕八九六四发表见解。
魏京生基金会主席、中国民主运动海外联席会议主席魏京生发表的声明说："三十一年来，中国的局势发生了很大的变化。经济发展了，人均收入增加了，一小部分人富裕了。很多回国的朋友发现，周围的人因为富裕而满足了，不在乎民主自由了，甚至拥护共产党了。果然如此吗？......即使已经拥有了金钱的人们，也需要法律的保障、做人的尊严和人身的自由......这理想是每个人的切身利害。一百年，一千年，人的本性决定了这些理想会被一代一代人继续追求下去，最终一定会实现......"
对华援助协会的傅希秋牧师说："31年前，我与成千上万学生和民众一起，坐在天安门广场和平抗议，呼吁获得更多的民主和自由，以及对人权和法治的尊重。但是，中共军队部署坦克、使用机枪镇压了我们，杀害了成百上千的学生和群众......在我们继续纪念八九六四之际，我呼吁，我们继续为自由而战，这是人类的普世价值。自由，应该为大陆人、香港人、新疆人、西藏人，以及信仰各种宗教的人士，甚至无神论者所拥有......中共政权是一个谎言的政权，它已经失去了全部的信用。"
记者、作家、诗人、民主中国阵线副主席盛雪用诗歌表达哀思、寄托希望："纪念六四的权利被剥夺，正义无法伸张；新疆集中营，法轮功被活摘，都一度被世界忽视；但是，施暴香港，港人以命抗争，警醒了国际社会......"
经济学家夏业良博士表示，"八九六四的亲历者正在老去，我们应该抓紧时间，把建立六四博物馆作为当务之急，可以考虑把香港已有的小型博物搬迁到台湾或者美国；我们需要致力于收集那次惨案的各种资料。我本人愿意参与其中。吴仁华先生一直在进行系统的研究，获得了卓越的成效，尤其对天安门坦克部队的调查和了解细致入微；'天安门母亲'组织也做了广泛的、艰辛的寻找和联络工作，这些都是我们可以仿效的榜样。"
里根总统时期的白宫预算处主任、二十一世纪行动总裁迈克尔霍洛维茨(Mike Horowitz)充满热情地说："人们一直认为，历史是一步一个台阶走到的，当走上最后一步台阶时，就水到渠成了。但是，这不对。历史是由你们这些一直呐喊、却总觉得没有人听到、并因此而倍感孤独的人所创造。你们只要让蜡烛一直闪烁着那颗火苗，有一天，一切将突然成为不可避免的事实。前苏联就是这么倒下的，几乎所有革命都是这么产生出结果的。当一切发生时，推手就是你们这样的人。里根总统曾经说过，我们看起来是软弱的，分裂的，微不足道的，而极权看起来是统一的，强悍的，不可战胜的，但是，不要为这样的表象所迷惑......民主是强大的，独裁是外强中干的......"
霍洛维茨说，数天前的5月27日，美国国务卿蓬佩奥发表声明，称美国不会容忍任何政府封锁互联网，美国将致力于在任何时刻都保护网络自由。这说明，解放中国等国的互联网，已经成为美国的国策；这是大家共同努力了十年的结果；防火墙即将被推倒；这一切发生的速度和力度将远超你我的想象。
中国民主党全委会副主席陈立群、中国民主党洛杉矶委员会主席陈维明等都应邀在会议上发表演说。
本次全球网络纪念六四会议由六四档案、对华援助协会、中国民主人权联盟、民主教育基金会、中国民主党全国委员会、美国民阵、自由雕塑公园和魏京生基金会共同主办。
来自美国、加拿大、法国、芬兰、澳大利亚等地的政治活动家、人权活动家、民运人士、反共志愿者参加了本次会议。
美国之音报道的原始链接：
https://www.voachinese.com/a/global-online-memorial-of-june-4th-20200604/5449683.html
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