Wei Jingsheng
Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1343-W958
魏京生基金會新聞與文章發佈號：A1343-W958
Release Date: December
6, 2020
發佈日：2020年12月6日
Topic: Jimmy Lai,
Symbol of Rejecting Tyranny, Wins Democracy Award (Apple Daily report)
標題：【濫押黎智英】獲頒中國民主鬥士獎 魏京生基金會：成港人拒暴政象徵(蘋果日報報道)
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Jimmy Lai, Symbol of
Rejecting Tyranny, Wins Democracy Award
-- Apple Daily report
December 5, 2020
Apple Daily founder
Jimmy Lai has been awarded a Chinese democracy prize founded by an exiled human
rights activist, for his contributions to the political movement in Hong Kong.
Lai was “a symbol of
Hong Kong people’s rejection of tyranny” and “a model for mainland Chinese to
learn from,” the Wei Jingsheng Foundation said on Saturday.
The foundation said it
was honoring him with the 17th Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize,
aimed at recognizing people who had made great contributions to the cause of
Chinese democracy.
“Mr. Jimmy Lai adheres
to his anti-communist stance and is closely related to the Hong Kong democrats.
Facing the retaliation from the Chinese Communist regime, Mr. Lai refused to
give in,” the foundation said.
The media entrepreneur
was on Thursday denied bail over a fraud charge, and is now under detention
pending a court hearing in April next year.
The foundation
emphasized that this year’s prize was also an award to “the unyielding Hong
Kong people and represents the voice of those who support democracy in Hong
Kong.”
It explained that the
award was usually not given to people from the same region in consecutive
years. Due to “extraordinary expectations and goals for motivation,” the
foundation decided to fete Lai after retired Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Joseph
Zen won the prize in 2019.
“Hong Kong is not only
the focus of the world’s attention, but also a barometer for the future of the
Chinese freedom and democracy,” the foundation said. “To support the people of
Hong Kong today is to support the future of freedom and democracy in mainland
China.”
The foundation was set
up by Chinese human rights activist Wei Jingsheng in 1998 to improve human
rights and democratization in China.
The Beijing-born Wei,
now 70, famously authored the essay “The Fifth Modernization,” which promoted
democracy and was posted on the Democracy Wall in the Chinese capital in 1978.
That manifesto landed him in jail for 15 years over “counter-revolutionary”
activities. After his release in 1993, Wei continued with his dissident
activities. He was imprisoned again between 1994 and 1997, until the then United
States president Bill Clinton’s plans to visit China in 1998 gave him an
opportunity to regain freedom. In November 1997, Beijing deported Wei to the
U.S. on medical parole.
Related 3 original
Apple Daily reports in English and Chinese:
https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20201206/QWC7M26GSBA4NGYHPCDJQJWVWM/
https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20201205/752VO3GTGVH63OCCOWY2K6B7QY/
https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20201205/PQXJMU4ROFGBTGL33ZWSB4BBCY/
1995 photo of Jimmy
Lai holding a copy of Apple Daily where the frontpage headline was "Wei
Jingsheng sentenced again to 14 years in prison"
http://www.weijingsheng.org/pic/newsletters/newsletters2020/newsletters2020-4/LaiJhold1995reportingWeiJS14years.jpg
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中文版
Wei Jingsheng
Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1343-W958
魏京生基金會新聞與文章發佈號：A1343-W958
Release Date: December
6, 2020
發佈日：2020年12月6日
Topic: Jimmy Lai,
Symbol of Rejecting Tyranny, Wins Democracy Award (Apple Daily report)
標題：【濫押黎智英】獲頒中國民主鬥士獎 魏京生基金會：成港人拒暴政象徵(蘋果日報報道)
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【濫押黎智英】獲頒中國民主鬥士獎 魏京生基金會：成港人拒暴政象徵
-- 蘋果日報報道
2020年12月5日
壹傳媒集團創辦人兼主席黎智英，獲魏京生基金會頒發第17屆「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」，以表揚他對香港民主運動的貢獻。魏京生基金會讚揚，黎智英一直堅持反共立場，與香港民主派關係密切，面對中共的打壓報復，拒絕退讓，「成爲香港人民拒絕暴政的象徵，更是大陸人民學習的榜樣。」
魏京生基金會在5日發出的有關聲明中指出，這次提名黎智英角逐「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」的，是多年關心中國民運與人權的美國人努南（Ann Noonan）女士等人。聲明特別指出，「今年對黎智英先生的獎勵，也是對不屈的香港民眾的獎勵，並代表著支援香港大陸民主的人們的心聲。香港不僅僅是世界關注的焦點，更是中國民運未來的晴雨錶。支援今日的香港人民，也就是支援中國大陸的自由與民主的未來。」
資料顯示，「魏京生中國民主鬥士獎」是在2004年，由流亡美國的著名民運人士魏京生設立的基金會所創立。去年的得獎人是天主教香港教區榮休主教陳日君樞機。
現年70歲的魏京生，出生於北京，文革期間曾當過紅衞兵，隨後參軍，退役後在北京動物園當電工，1978年在北京西單民主牆發表大字報，提出「第五個現代化」宣揚民主主義，後因反革命罪被判刑15年。至1993年，在國際奧委會對北京與雪梨競爭2000年夏季奧運會主辦權投票前，魏被釋放，但隨後又因涉「陰謀顛覆政府罪」，被判有期徒刑14年。1997年11月，中國為了促成時任美國總統柯林頓翌年訪華，遂以健康為由將魏京生釋放，並把他直接流放至美國。（香港《蘋果動新聞》報導）
本報道的3個中英文3原始鏈結：
https://hk.appledaily.com/news/20201206/QWC7M26GSBA4NGYHPCDJQJWVWM/
https://tw.appledaily.com/international/20201205/752VO3GTGVH63OCCOWY2K6B7QY/
https://hk.appledaily.com/china/20201205/PQXJMU4ROFGBTGL33ZWSB4BBCY/
1995年黎智英舉著頭版爲“魏京生再被判監14年”的蘋果日報的照片：
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