Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release: A1248-O318

Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release: A1296-O320

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A1296-O320

Release Date: June 4, 2020

发布日：2020年6月4日

Topic: IFCSS Observed the 31st Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre and Award Its 2020 “Spirit of Freedom Award” to Huang Qi in Front of the Chinese Embassy & on the Internet

标题：全美学自联在中国驻美大使馆前及互联网上纪念"六四"屠杀31周年并将2020年度"自由精神奖"颁发给黄琦

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IFCSS Observed the 31st Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre and Award Its 2020 “Spirit of Freedom Award” to Huang Qi in Front of the Chinese Embassy & on the Internet

The council of the IFCSS (Independent Federation of the Chinese Students and Scholars, USA) had decided to host an event observing the 31st consecutive anniversary of the June 4 Massacre in front of the Chinese Embassy (address: 3505 International Pl NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA) in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2020 despite the CCP pandemic. This was to commemorate the people who sacrificed their lives during the 1989 Democratic Movement in China, as well as to announce its 2020 "Spirit of Freedom Award". The 2020 IFCSS “Spirit of Freedom Award” was awarded to Mr. HUANG Qi today, with 3 of 7 IFCSS council members on site, and Qin Weiping, the current IFCSS council chair made a video speech for the commemoration.

The following is the IFCSS award dedication to Huang Qi.

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IFCSS 2020 Spirit of Freedom Award Dedication

June 4, 2020

The Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS) Council has decided to award the IFCSS 2020 Spirit of Freedom Award to Mr. Huang Qi, who is currently serving a 12 year sentence in Sichuan prison. Huang Qi, 57, of Neijiang City, Sichuan Province, with an online name “Nan Bo”, is the founder of the "64 Skynet" website, and head of the China Skynet Human Rights Center, an honorary member of the Independent Chinese PEN, a well-known rights defending citizen and human rights defender, and a Political prisoner in China.

Because of his long-term focus on popular social issues, Huang Qi established the "Skynet Searching Missing People Office" in 1998 and built the "64 Skynet" website in 1999. He was repeatedly arrested by the Chinese police & sentenced multiple times for publishing multiple politically sensitive articles on the Internet. In 2000, he was arrested by the local police for publishing articles by overseas dissidents about the 1989 Tiananmen Events on his website. In February 2003, he was sentenced 5 years imprisonment by the Chengdu Intermediate Court of Sichuan Province for "inciting subversion of state power". During his imprisonment, he was severely beaten by court police, prison guards and other criminals in the prison, which lead to serious illnesses include hydrocephalus and brain atrophy. After he was released from prison, in 2006, he reorganized “64 Skynet” into “China Skynet Human Rights Center” – thus founding the first comprehensive human rights organization in mainland China. He won the 6th China Human Rights Youth Award on June 3 of the same year. In 2008, he was detained and charged by the Chengdu Police for publishing a report on the "Tofu Buildings" which were exposed during the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan. In November 2009, Huang Qi was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by the court for “the crime of illegal possession of state secrets”. On November 28, 2016, Sichuan Police took him from home in the name of criminal detention because of the exposure of an internal document, and he was hold without any contact with outside. Huang Qi was formally arrested in December of the same year. Not until July 29, 2019, was he sentenced to a total of 12 years in prison by the Mianyang City Court of Sichuan Province for “the crime of deliberately leaking state secrets" and "the crime of illegally providing state secrets abroad." Since Huang Qi’s disappearance, his elderly mother, who was ill herself, has been running around and called for justice for her tortured son in prison. She has been blocked by the government, and is unable to see her son, even though both the mother and the son suffer from terminal illness.

Despite being under the dictatorship, Huang Qi insisted on creating an online platform and human rights organization. He continued to speak out for the suppressed human rights cause in China. He continuously reported to the world to expose the ugly acts of the Chinese Communist government. He faced severe persecution from tyranny and long-term prison sentences with inhuman tortures, yet still adhered to the firm belief in the pursuit of democracy in China, and has made tremendous sacrifices for the cause of human rights in China. IFCSS salutes to Huang Qi's outstanding actions, and thus awards the 2020 Spirit of Freedom Award to him.

IFCSS, Independent Federation of the Chinese Students and Scholars

Video of chair Qin Weiping speaking of 31st Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wleupOugCjY&feature=youtu.be

Twitter and video of plaque presentation of Spirit of Freedom Award to Huang Qi:

https://twitter.com/qyemmay/status/1268702791092101125

https://twitter.com/qyemmay/status/1268703308157530120

https://twitter.com/qyemmay/status/1268704397997101058

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Overseas Chinese Democracy Coalition News and Article Release: A1296-O320

中国民主运动海外联席会议新闻与文章发布号：A1296-O320

Release Date: June 4, 2020

发布日：2020年6月4日

Topic: IFCSS Observed the 31st Anniversary of the June 4 Massacre and Award Its 2020 “Spirit of Freedom Award” to Huang Qi in Front of the Chinese Embassy & on the Internet

标题：全美学自联在中国驻美大使馆前及互联网上纪念"六四"屠杀31周年并将2020年度"自由精神奖"颁发给黄琦

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全美学自联在中国驻美大使馆前及互联网上纪念"六四"屠杀31周年并将2020年度"自由精神奖"颁发给黄琦

2020年6月4日，全美中国学生学者自治联合会在美国首都华盛顿特区的中国驻美大使馆前及互联网上连续第31年举办"六四"纪念活动，以悼念在1989年民主运动中牺牲的人们。同时全美学自联还宣布将2020年度全美学自联"自由精神奖"颁发给黄琦先生。三位全美学自联理事到中国驻美大使馆前参加了仪式。学自联主席秦伟平先生在互联网上就六四屠杀31周年致词。

以下为全美学自联“自由精神奖”给黄琦先生的颁奖词。

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全美学自联2020年自由精神奖颁奖词

全美学自联理事会决定将2020年度全美学自联自由精神奖颁与现在四川囹圄之中的黄琦先生。黄琦，57岁，四川省内江市人，网名难博，“六四天网“网站创办人、中国天网人权事务中心负责人，独立中文笔会荣誉会员，著名维权公民、人权捍卫者，中国在押政治犯。

因长期关注社会热点话题，1998年曾成立“天网寻人事务所”，1999年曾设立“六四天网”网站，因多次在网上发表时政敏感性文章，屡次遭到警方的拘捕以及判刑；2000年，因国外异见人士在其网站上发表有关1989年天安门事件的文章，而被当地警方逮捕，2003年2月被四川省成都市中级法院以“煽动颠覆国家政权”判处有期徒刑5年；狱中曾遭法警、狱警和其它罪犯多次毒打，导致脑积水，脑萎缩等严重疾病；出狱后，2006年，曾改组六四天网为中国天网人权事务中心，创办了中国大陆第一家综合性人权组织，同年6月3日荣获第六届中国人权青年奖；2008年，曾因发表有关揭露四川汶川地震出现的“豆腐渣”工程的报导，而被成都市警方刑拘，2009年11月被当局法院以“ 非法持有国家秘密罪”判处有期徒刑3年； 2016年11月28日，因对一份内部文件内容曝光，其被四川警方从家中带走刑拘，自此失联，同年12月被正式逮捕；直至 2019年7月29日，被四川省绵阳市法院以“故意泄露国家秘密罪”、“为境外非法提供国家秘密罪”共判处有期徒刑12年。自黄琦失联以来，其年迈带病的老母亲四处奔走为狱中受酷刑折磨的儿子呼吁发声；直至今日遭政府阻拦，母子二人各自身患绝症，但仍天各一方。

黄琦身处独裁体制之下，坚持创建网络平台和人权组织，为国内受打压的人权事业持续发声，不断向世界报道解露中共政府的丑恶行径；面对从暴政而来的严酷迫害和狱中长期的非人折磨，其依旧秉持对中国民主追求的坚定信念，并为中国人权事业付出巨大的牺牲。全美学自联对黄琦的突出表现予以敬意，并特授其2020年全美学自联自由精神奖。

全美中国学生学者自治联合会（全美学自联）理事会

学自联主席秦伟平先生就六四屠杀31周年致词的录像：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wleupOugCjY&feature=youtu.be

全美学自联将2020年度"自由精神奖"颁发给黄琦的仪式及录像：

https://twitter.com/qyemmay/status/1268702791092101125

https://twitter.com/qyemmay/status/1268703308157530120

https://twitter.com/qyemmay/status/1268704397997101058