Wei Jingsheng Foundation Release: A1410-W1013
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1410-W1013
Release Date: August 29, 2021
发布日：2021年8月29日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Foundation Calls for Nominees for its Eighteenth
Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize"
标题：魏京生基金会第十八届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"征求提名
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The Wei Jingsheng Foundation Calls for Nominees for its Eighteenth
Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize"
August 29, 2021
December 5 this year will mark the 43nd anniversary of Wei Jingsheng
writing and publishing his well-known article "The 5th Modernization --
Democracy." On that date, we will
make the announcement of the 18th annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy
Champion Prize".
Now, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation is opening the call for nominations for
this eighteenth annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion
Prize". In previous years, the
following awards were made:
2004: the first annual Prize went to Mr. HU ShiGen
and Mr. LIU XianBin.
2005: WU Yilong and CHEN Xi, with a special
award to YU Dongyue.
2006: GUO Feixiong and ZHOU Zhirong, with a special award to LIN Mu (deceased).
2007: ZHANG Lin and YAN Zhengxue, for
returning China to directly strive for Chinese freedom and democracy.
2008: LIU Jingsheng, representing the 1978 Democracy Wall generation.
2009: HUANG Qi and YANG Tianshui, for their
work and effort to push for freedom inside China, especially Internet freedom.
2010: XU WanPing, who was serving a 12-year
sentence in prison, with his indomitable actions and tenacious showing of character
we can all learn from.
2011: LIU Di (deceased), in recognition of his leadership in the 1976
April 5 Movement in China.
2012：WANG Donghai
(deceased), the leader and the first person who publicly tried to register an
opposition party in China under the one-party rule of the Communist Party.
2013: The dozens of activists from the Chengdu "Chain-Gate"
rights defending group that united together with relentless struggle against
the tyranny with insistence and persistence.
2014: The people who struggle for genuine universal suffrage in Hong
Kong.
2015: Chen Shuqing, who not only adhered to
the democratic concept, but also worked to put it into action for nearly 2
decades.
2016: Fan Baolin, in an uneasy rebellion
within the Communist regime.
2017: Tang Jingling, a Chinese Christian of faith and conscience which
led him to embark on a road of thorns.
2018: Zhu Yufu, an active veteran who devoted
more than 40 years of his life to the modern democracy movement in China since
the Democracy Wall 40 years ago.
2019: Cardinal Joseph Zen, for firmly supported the Hong Kong
democratic movement and strongly opposed the Communist interference in the
missionary activities and religious freedom of the church.
2020: Mr. Lai Chee-Ying, known professionally
as Jimmy Lai, entrepreneur and founder of “Apple Daily” for supporting
democracy and freedom especially freedom of speech in Hong Kong and Mainland
China with personal freedom and sacrifices.
The Wei Jingsheng Foundation wishes this annual prize to serve as a
continued and consistent encouragement to Chinese democracy advocates who have
devoted themselves to and contributed to the progress of Chinese democracy,
despite the suppression from the Communist government. Thus, the prize is designated mainly for
democracy advocators who are inside China.
The annual announcement is made on December 5, the date of publication
in 1978 of "The 5th Modernization - Democracy", by Mr. Wei
Jingsheng. This date was a landmark for
the Chinese democracy process. The prize
was initiated with the encouragement and financial support of an anonymous
donor who promised an essential $1,000.00 annually as seed money for it. We encourage more donors to contribute to
this award specifically. (Tax-exempt
receipts will be provided for your federal tax deduction purposes, as well as
your choice of public acknowledgment or remaining anonymous.)
Since the establishment of this prize, the Wei Jingsheng Foundation has
received many nominations, and much feedback and encouragement in this
regard. We encourage the participation
and recommendations from our colleagues and friends as before.
If you have a person or a group to nominate, please send the name, the
credentials, other possible referrals, methods of communication and other
details to us by midnight on Saturday, November 13, 2021 (US Eastern
Time). The best way to reach us is via
e-mail. The contact e-mail address is:
hcp0411wjs@aol.com or HCP@weijingsheng.org.
Please send plain text (no attachments and/or embedded pictures) for a
timely response.
We look forward to your nominations, as well as your input and
suggestions. You may also contact us at
the Wei Jingsheng Foundation via other means.
Our mailing address is: Wei Jingsheng Foundation, P.O. Box 15449,
Washington, DC 20003, USA. Our phone
number is: 001-202-270-6980. Thank you.
--Ciping HUANG
Executive Director
Wei Jingsheng Foundation
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中文版
Wei Jingsheng Foundation Release: A1410-W1013
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1410-W1013
Release Date: August 29, 2021
发布日：2021年8月29日
Topic: Wei Jingsheng Foundation Calls for Nominees for its Eighteenth
Annual "Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize"
标题：魏京生基金会第十八届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"征求提名
Original Language Version: Chinese (Chinese version at the end)
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魏京生基金会第十八届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"征求提名
魏京生先生发表享有盛名的文章"第五个现代化
-- 民主"将近43年了。这也代表着中共夺取政权后中国民主运动已展开了四十三年。
从今天起，魏京生基金会征求2021年第十八届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"的提名。
2004年12月5日，魏京生基金会宣布将首届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予胡石根先生与刘贤斌先生。
2005年，魏京生基金会决定设立"魏京生中国民主斗士特别奖"，获奖人为喻东岳；同时决定把第二届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"颁发给吴义龙和陈西先生。
2006年，魏京生基金会宣布林牧（已故）为"魏京生中国民主斗士特别奖"获奖人；同时决定郭飞雄和周志荣两位先生分享第三届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"。
2007年，"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"获奖者为从海外回国支持中国自由民主事业的张林和严正学先生。
2008年，第五届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"
授予1978年西单民主墙的代表刘京生先生。
2009年，第六届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"
授予致力于推动中国的自由、包括互联网自由的民主斗士黄琦先生和杨天水先生。
2010年，第七届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"
授予在监狱里服12年徒刑的具有顽强意志的许万平先生。
2011年，第八届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"
授予1976年四五运动的先锋人物"小平头"刘迪先生（已故）。
2012年，第九届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"
授予勇于突破中共的党禁封锁，率先在中共独裁统治的中国公开申请组织反对党的浙江民主党领袖王东海先生（已故）。
2013年，第十届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"
授予维权争民主的中国百姓团结一致、不屈不挠地与中共的独裁暴政作抗争的典范：成都"链子门"维权事件中的数十名主人公们。
2014年，第十一届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予争取真普选运动的香港人民。
2015年，第十二届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予近二十年来不仅仅坚持民主理念，更将其付诸行动的优秀领导者，浙江民主党人陈树庆先生。
2016年，第十三届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予范宝琳先生，一位难能可贵的中共体制内的叛逆者。
2017年，第十四届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予为信仰和良心走上荆棘之路的基督徒唐荆陵律师。
2018年，第十五届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予民主墙以来40年如一日，积极推动中国现代民主与自由的代表人物朱虞夫先生。
2019年，第十六届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予香港的陳日君樞機主教。陳日君一向堅定支援香港民主運動，並強烈反對中共干預教會的傳教活動及宗教自由。
2020年，第十七届"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"授予香港蘋果日報、壹傳媒創辦人黎智英先生。他支持在香港与中国大陆的民主自由，并为此付出个人的代价与自由。
一年一度的"魏京生中国民主斗士奖"的目标是对中国的民主运动进行连续不断的鼓励与推动，因而其得奖对象以支持与奖励在中国国内勇于牺牲、坚持中国民主运动的个人与团体为主。颁奖日为每年的12月5日 -- 魏京生先生1978年发表的，享有盛名的文章"第五个现代化 -- 民主"的纪念日。
奖金以某匿名人士所认捐的每年一千美元为底金。我们感谢并希望其他支持中国人权与民主运动人士的积极捐赠。在此，我们向过去所有的捐赠者表示感谢。魏京生基金会是一个在美国联邦政府注册的非营利性机构，您的捐款可获得我们发给的（在美国免税的）捐款证明。您也可注明是否希望得到我们的公开感谢。
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魏京生基金会执行主任：黄慈萍
2021年8月29日
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